Whittingham, Jack Dandridge
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Jack Dandridge |
Surname | Whittingham |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas William and Alice Maud Whittingham, of Shipley, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | LW242 |
Markings | VR-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. K. 22. |
Epitaph | HIS LIFE WAS GOOD AND PLEASANT AND HE DIED IN GLORY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 264 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2202386 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/44 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/43 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-11-1943 |
End Date | 27-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 178 aircraft on a diversionary raid alongside a raid on Berlin. 6 Halifaxes Lost (3.4%). Bombing was very scattered and caused little damage, although part of the night-fighter force was drawn off from the Berlin raid. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have crashed near Sankt Ingbert, Germany |