[Though the CWGC calls this cemetery, the 'Grimsby Hebrew Congregation Cemetery', it is generally known as the 'First Avenue Jewish Cemetery'.]
1942 Sept Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Bloomfield, Mandel---Age: 20
District: Louth (Vol & Page: 7a & 539)
415 Squadron's Handley Page Hampden I (#AD762) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, had taken off from RAF North Coates on a convoy protection air operation. Because of engine problems, AD762 had to return to base. Thick fog made landing the Hampden difficult and, after several attempts, the aircraft crashed 2 miles away, near Donna Nook, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
Flight Sergeant Roy Milton ENNIS,
Flight Sergeant John Henry LABELLE,
Warrant Officer Bud Dougal Ray McCOMB and
Flight Sergeant Mandel BLOOMFIELD.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/61005
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 'Swordfish' Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
(Motto: Ad Metam ['To the mark'])
A theatre usher by trade ('Rialto Theatre'), residing on 123rd Street in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 10 Aug 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of Harry L. and Rebecca ['Becky'] (née Shaw) Bloomfield of 123rd Street in Edmonton [father born in "Rumania"; mother born in Russia].
Flight Sergeant Mandel Bloomfield is commemorated on Page 59 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
[Though the CWGC calls this cemetery, the 'Grimsby Hebrew Congregation Cemetery', it is generally known as the 'First Avenue Jewish Cemetery'.]
1942 Sept Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Bloomfield, Mandel---Age: 20
District: Louth (Vol & Page: 7a & 539)
415 Squadron's Handley Page Hampden I (#AD762) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, had taken off from RAF North Coates on a convoy protection air operation. Because of engine problems, AD762 had to return to base. Thick fog made landing the Hampden difficult and, after several attempts, the aircraft crashed 2 miles away, near Donna Nook, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
Flight Sergeant Roy Milton ENNIS,
Flight Sergeant John Henry LABELLE,
Warrant Officer Bud Dougal Ray McCOMB and
Flight Sergeant Mandel BLOOMFIELD.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/61005
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 'Swordfish' Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
(Motto: Ad Metam ['To the mark'])
A theatre usher by trade ('Rialto Theatre'), residing on 123rd Street in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 10 Aug 1940 in Edmonton.
Son of Harry L. and Rebecca ['Becky'] (née Shaw) Bloomfield of 123rd Street in Edmonton [father born in "Rumania"; mother born in Russia].
Flight Sergeant Mandel Bloomfield is commemorated on Page 59 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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