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Jackson, E.W., F/Sgt,, 1942
In Oldebroek General Cemetery, Gelderland, The Netherlands, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 618552 Flight Sergeant Ernest William Jackson, serving with the Royal Air Force who died 19/04/1942.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

F/Sgt. Jackson was killed when Handley Page Hampden I AT217 EA-S of 49 Squadron was lost on a ‘Gardening’ mission to lay mines off the Frisian Islands. The Hampden was lost without trace, with the loss of all four crew members. F/Sgt Jackson's body was washed ashore on July 13th on the island of Rottumeroog.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1942; W.R. Chorley; 1994; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 89 X, page 74

He is remembered in Blackhall Colliery on B144.01


The CWGC entry for Flight Sergeant Jackson

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk