Hellegers, Paul Constant Marie
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Paul Constant Marie |
Surname | Hellegers |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Clement and Jane Hellegers, of Lanaken, Belgium. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA563 |
Markings | C8-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nantes (Pont-du-Cens) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot L. Row D. Grave 8. |
Epitaph | SANS PEUR ET SANS REPROCHE" R.I.P. (French - FEARLESS AND BLAMELESS R.I.P.) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 180 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 177029 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Netherlands |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born in Venlo, Netherlands on 7 March 1923 and moved to Belgium with his family at the age of 15. |
He was known as Polly |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-08-1944 |
End Date | 11-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (51% moon) |
Operation | Dijon- to bomb a railway junction. 124 aircraft- much damage was caused. 3 aircraft were lost. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Gouloux, NE of Montsauche, France |