Beecher, John Edward Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Edward Arthur |
Surname | Beecher |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Charles and Winifred Mable Beecher, of Grangetown, Cardiff. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK904 |
Markings | MP-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. K. 1-6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 129 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 948008 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-10-1943 |
End Date | 04-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Kassel. 547 aircraft, 24 losses (4.4%). H2S blind marking aircraft overshot the aiming point badly and the visual markers could not compensate due to thick haze. Decoy fires were probably also used by the Germans. The Henschel and Fieseler aircraft factories were hit and the suburb of Wolfshanger was devastated, in part due to an ammunition dump being hit. 118 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Moorhausen, Germany |