Wolfson, Harold Harry
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Harold Harry |
Surname | Wolfson |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Jacob Percival and Rebecca Wolfson. Husband of Peggy Ruth Wolfson, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NP965 |
Markings | C8-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 10. A. 8. |
Epitaph | YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE (John 8:32) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 268 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 424253 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-03-1945 |
End Date | 02-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Köln- part of the second wave. 858 aircraft, 9 lost. 703 aircraft in the first wave and 155 in the second although only 15 aircraft bombed in the second wave because the G-H station in England went off line. There are few details of the raid from local sources, such was the level of disarray. When the American troops arrived in the city just a few days later they found at least 400 bodies lying in the streets. |
Reason for Loss |