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Sergeant (Air Gnr.) James Freel
1923 – 1943 Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Photo added by bcresearcher
- Birth
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Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Death
- 12 Mar 1943 (aged 19–20)
Horst aan de Maas Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
- Burial
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Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands Add to Map
- Plot
- 24. E. 5.
- Memorial ID
- 13826878 View Source
James was 20 and the son of Richard and Sarah Freel of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. James served with the RAF in WWII as an air gunner and lost his life when his aircraft Halifax HR692 was shot down by Oblt. Manfred Meurer 3./WJG 1 flying Bf110 from Velno airfield crashing at Horst near Cafe "de oude lint"
Target : Essen
Crew:
Pilot : F/Sgt L. Barker 968375 RAF
F/Eng. SGT W. L. G. Thompson RCAF
Nav. Sgt. K. A. Mills 1440297 RAF
Nav. F/O R. J. Paul 125563 RAF
W/O.A. G. Sgt K. RE. Thomas 1291773 RAF
A. G. Sgt J. Freel 1126762 RAF
A. G. Sgt G. A. Hyatt 1318574 RAF
All crew killed
Target : Essen
Crew:
Pilot : F/Sgt L. Barker 968375 RAF
F/Eng. SGT W. L. G. Thompson RCAF
Nav. Sgt. K. A. Mills 1440297 RAF
Nav. F/O R. J. Paul 125563 RAF
W/O.A. G. Sgt K. RE. Thomas 1291773 RAF
A. G. Sgt J. Freel 1126762 RAF
A. G. Sgt G. A. Hyatt 1318574 RAF
All crew killed
James was 20 and the son of Richard and Sarah Freel of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. James served with the RAF in WWII as an air gunner and lost his life when his aircraft Halifax HR692 was shot down by Oblt. Manfred Meurer 3./WJG 1 flying Bf110 from Velno airfield crashing at Horst near Cafe "de oude lint"
Target : Essen
Crew:
Pilot : F/Sgt L. Barker 968375 RAF
F/Eng. SGT W. L. G. Thompson RCAF
Nav. Sgt. K. A. Mills 1440297 RAF
Nav. F/O R. J. Paul 125563 RAF
W/O.A. G. Sgt K. RE. Thomas 1291773 RAF
A. G. Sgt J. Freel 1126762 RAF
A. G. Sgt G. A. Hyatt 1318574 RAF
All crew killed
Target : Essen
Crew:
Pilot : F/Sgt L. Barker 968375 RAF
F/Eng. SGT W. L. G. Thompson RCAF
Nav. Sgt. K. A. Mills 1440297 RAF
Nav. F/O R. J. Paul 125563 RAF
W/O.A. G. Sgt K. RE. Thomas 1291773 RAF
A. G. Sgt J. Freel 1126762 RAF
A. G. Sgt G. A. Hyatt 1318574 RAF
All crew killed
Inscription
GOD HIS WATCH IS KEEPING THOUGH NONE ELSE BE NEAR
Gravesite Details
1126762
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- Maintained by: Edward Hooper
- Originally Created by: International Wargraves Photography Project
- Added: Apr 2, 2006
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13826878/james-freel: accessed ), memorial page for Sergeant (Air Gnr.) James Freel (1923–12 Mar 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13826878, citing Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands; Maintained by Edward Hooper (contributor 48130192).
