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Sgt. Arthur Stanley Jelfs

Royal Air Force 78th Squadron

from:74 Lindsworth Rd, Kings Norton, Birmingham

(d.14th July 1943)

Arthur Stanley Jelfs was a sergeant in 78 Squadron flying out of Breighton Airfield, North Yorkshire on the night of 14th July 1943. He was a Bomber Aimer/Air gunner; his aircraft was shot down near Giessenburg, Holland.

All crew were lost, they were

  • Pilot Warrant Officer Peter Horrocks,
  • Flight Engineer Sgt Wyndham Hadrian Harries,
  • Wireless Operator Sgt Jack Chaplin,
  • Navigator Flight Officer Charles Douglas Alexander Hosken RCAF,
  • Air Gunner Sgt Richard William Rouse,
  • Air Gunner Sgt Geoffrey Bowden.

Their bodies were all recovered and buried side by side in Crooswijk Roman Catholic Cemetery Rotterdam. There is to be a memorial unveiling ceremony on the 2nd of May 2015; dedicated to include these men along with the crews of another British Halifax, and two American B17's at Giessenburg, which is part of the municipality of Giessenlanden Holland.

If anyone has a photo of these crew members would you share it with me please?



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