Lejambe, Joseph Gilbert Newton
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Joseph Gilbert Newton |
Surname | Lejambe |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 19-03-1945 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ482 |
Markings | KW-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hotton War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave I. C. 1-7. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 198 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/37352 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Squadron Motto | Je te plumerai (I shall pluck you) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-03-1945 |
End Date | 19-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (31% moon) |
Operation | Witten. 324 aircraft, 8 losses. A successful raid carried out in good conditions. 1081 tons of bombs were dropped, destroying 62% of the built-up area according to a British port-war survey. The Ruhrstahl steelworks and the Mannesmann tube factory were severely damaged. |
Reason for Loss | Collided over Belgium with a 515 Sqn Mosquito (NS957 3P-), both crashing near Ciney, ENE of Dinant. The rear gunner, F/S G A Balyx, was thrown clear and landed by parachute. |