Fee, Joseph Edward David
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Joseph Edward David |
Surname | Fee |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-07-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ286 |
Markings | NP-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bebington Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. B. R.C. Grave 343. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 163 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 951326 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Camp Shop, Barmston Beach Holiday Camp, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque on wooden bench |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of Halifax MZ286 which crashed 2 minutes after take off from RAF Lissett killing the crew |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque on wooden board |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of Halifax MZ286 which crashed 2 minutes after take off from RAF Lissett killing the crew |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Miscellaneous Information
A Court of Enquiry was held and determined that the pilot carried out his usual practice of holding his aircraft close to the ground after take-off and two minutes after becoming airborne struck the sea with its port wing first and broke up. The primary cause of the accident was considered to be the temporary loss of control of the aircraft by the pilot shortly after take-off as a result of his holding the aircraft at low altitude in peculiar conditions of air turbulence in the vicinity of the coast. These conditions of air turbulence may have been contributed to, in some measure, by the slipstream of other aircraft which had taken off previously. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-07-1944 |
End Date | 18-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Caen as part of Operation Goodwood |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the sea two minutes after takeoff off Bramston, near Bridlington |