Holdsworth, Eric
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric |
Surname | Holdsworth |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis and Marian Holdsworth, of Blackpool, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | Z1620 |
Markings | KO-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 11. F. 12-13. |
Epitaph | WE KEEP HIS MEMORY GOLDEN, REMEMBERING HOW HE LIVED, AND MORE; WHY HE DIED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 183 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1576102 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-03-1943 |
End Date | 04-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | East Wretham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 417 aircraft, 10 losses (2.4%). Clear conditions but PFF appear to have misread the H2S indications and confused some sandbanks in the Elbe estuary as being Hamburg docks. As a consequence the majority of the bombing took place on the small town of Wedel where some surprisingly important targets were hit. |
Reason for Loss |