Greenwood, Harry Stansfield
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harry Stansfield |
Surname | Greenwood |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Fred and Emily Greenwood, of Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. Husband of Martha Mary Greenwood, of Hebden Bridge. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7812 |
Markings | MP-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. D. 21. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 173 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 629695 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
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 27/650/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/33 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-10-1942 |
End Date | 02-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (54% moon) |
Operation | Flensburg. 27 Halifax sorties, 12 lost (44.4%). Good bombing results but at a high cost to 4 Group |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and came down in the St. Pauli district of Flensburg |