Ohlsdorfer Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany

Guys, I am looking for someone to take a headstone picture for me at

Ohlsdorfer Friedhof
Ohlsdorf, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany
PLOT Coll. grave 4A. G. 4-7.

Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) James Frederick Grimmett.

Ime hoping someone can help with this

 

Hoping someone can help with this

 

As an alternative you could also go here and request a photo. There are a couple of people locally who may be able to get the photo for you.

There is a website for the Cemetery, with a contact form. They may be able to help also.

 

not a headstone photo but a bit more info from Spidge

Source:

AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/34/169 Commonwealth War Graves records
W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, Page 55
Volume 1942
Aircraft Type: Stirling
Serial number: W 7466
Radio call sign: MG – B
Unit: ATTD 7 SQN RAF

Summary:

Stirling W7466 took off from RAF Oakington at 1940 hours on the night of 28/29th
March 1942 to bomb Lubeck, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take
off and it failed to return to base.

Crew:

RAAF 400707 PO Green, M R R Captain (Pilot) †
RCAF Flt Sgt C W Starrett (2nd Pilot) †
RAF Sgt J F Grimmett (Flight Engineer) †
RCAF PO Murdock, J MacL (Navigator) †
RAF Sgt E G Tapner, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAF Sgt D I Dunn, (Air Gunner) †
Capt J W Wyn Griffith (Royal Artillery Officer attached to 7 Sqn) †

Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Gnutz 12kms north west of
Neumunster and all the crew were killed. They are buried in the Hamburg War Cemetery
which is situated within a large civil cemetery known locally as the “Ohlsdorf Cemetery”,
Hamburg, Germany.
In Memoriam - Those Air Force Pilots/Crews who died on this day in WW2.

 

Many thanks guys

 

Any joy yet?

 

Yes thanks, request has been filled.

 

Who/where did you get it from? (I only ask as I have 3 photos I need from the same Cemetery)

 

I contacted the cemetery on their website and they kindly did it for me