HALINGHEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Halinghen is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, situated 16 kilometres south-south-east of Boulogne-sur-Mer and 11 kilometres north-north-east of Étaples. The Communal Cemetery is some 45 metres north-east of the church. Near the eastern boundary, at the end of the main path from the entrance, is the collective grave of three airmen of the Royal Air Force who died on the 2nd November 1940.
Burial Details
742294 Sergeant Ivor Charles Greening, Observer in 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 2nd November 1940, aged 20. Son of Emmanuel Charles and Edith Ellen Greening of Eastleigh, Hampshire.
84310 Pilot Officer William Frederick Lewis, Pilot in 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 2nd november 1940, aged 20. Son of William Henry and Florence Maud Lewis of Leicester.
755635 Sergeant John Stephen Peckham, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 2nd November 1940, aged 19. Son of Walter and Caroline Louise Peckham of Penge, Kent
Flight Details
R.A.F. Base: Thorney Island
Unit: 59 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim IV, Serial T2137
Target: Enemy gun emplacements at Cap Gris Nez
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Halinghen, presumably the result of battle damage. The remaining five aircraft on the flight returned safely.
(Information on Flight courtesy of Barry Cutell)
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Halinghen is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, situated 16 kilometres south-south-east of Boulogne-sur-Mer and 11 kilometres north-north-east of Étaples. The Communal Cemetery is some 45 metres north-east of the church. Near the eastern boundary, at the end of the main path from the entrance, is the collective grave of three airmen of the Royal Air Force who died on the 2nd November 1940.
Burial Details
742294 Sergeant Ivor Charles Greening, Observer in 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 2nd November 1940, aged 20. Son of Emmanuel Charles and Edith Ellen Greening of Eastleigh, Hampshire.
84310 Pilot Officer William Frederick Lewis, Pilot in 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 2nd november 1940, aged 20. Son of William Henry and Florence Maud Lewis of Leicester.
755635 Sergeant John Stephen Peckham, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 2nd November 1940, aged 19. Son of Walter and Caroline Louise Peckham of Penge, Kent
Flight Details
R.A.F. Base: Thorney Island
Unit: 59 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim IV, Serial T2137
Target: Enemy gun emplacements at Cap Gris Nez
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Halinghen, presumably the result of battle damage. The remaining five aircraft on the flight returned safely.
(Information on Flight courtesy of Barry Cutell)
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
