Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt. Gettings died when Handley Page Halifax II JD144 DY-Q of 102 Squadron was lost on a mission to Wuppertal. The Halifax crashed at 02.30 near Barvaux, Luxembourg, with the loss of five of the seven crew members, including Sgt. Gettings; two survived to become P.o.W.s.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943;W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3, page 205
Tony Hibberd has submitted the following:
Halifax JD144 DY-Q had departed Pocklington at 2308 for Ops Wuppertal
It was intercepted at 5700M, 6km NE of Barvraux by a Night-Fighter captained by Lt Friedrich Graeff (Stab I/NJG4) and shot down at 0217 for his 5th Abschuss
Nacht Jagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 2; Dr Theo Boiten
Frank Gettings is remembered in Blackhill on B145.01 and in Consett on C101.01
