Holden, Matthew Bean
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Matthew Bean |
Surname | Holden |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-02-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Gladys Holden. Husband of B. A. Holden, of Epworth, Lincolnshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF406 |
Markings | HA-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Arnhem (Moscowa) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll grave 5. |
Epitaph | OFTEN A LONELY HEARTACHE FOR ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR R.I.P. BERTHA AND BABY JUNE |
Ribbon Stone | 1541 (Block 107, Column 17, Row 1) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 183 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 651668 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Sgt M.B. Holden 651668 218 Sqn Forever June |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-02-1943 |
End Date | 04-02-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 263 aircraft, 16 losses (6.1%). Severe icing over the channel caused many crews to return early. H2S again proved ineffective, leading to scattered bombing throughout the city. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Deelan airfield, NNW of Arnhem, Holland |