Charles Neville Hammond Neville RAFVR and crew – 103 Squadron/166 Squadron – 1943 - 13182
This crew were posted to 103 Squadron at RAF Elsham Wolds early June 1943. The crew consisted of :-
P/O C N Hammond
Sgt A Pilbeam,
W/O L K Teitzel RAAF
M/S J W Walton,
Sgt E E Jones,
Sgt I K Doncaster,
P/O V G Deacon,
Above - Hammond crew pictured at Elsham Wolds August 43
Whilst with 103 Squadron they flew the following operations :-
21-Jun-43 - Krefeld - Lancaster - N/K – P/O CN Hammond
22-Jun-43 - Mulheim - Lancaster - EE196 – P/O CN Hammond
24-Jun-43 - Wuppertal - Lancaster - EE196 – P/O CN Hammond
25-Jun-43 - Gelsenkirchen - Lancaster - EE196 – P/O CN Hammond
28-Jun-43 - Cologne - Lancaster - EE196 – P/O CN Hammond
24-Jul-43 - Hamburg - Operation Gomorrah - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
25-Jul-43 - Essen - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
27-Jul-43 - Hamburg - Operation Gomorrah - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
29-Jul-43 - Hamburg - Operation Gomorrah - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
30-Jul-43 - Remscheid - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
07-Aug-43 - Turin - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
09-Aug-43 - Mannheim - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
10-Aug-43 – Nuremberg - Lancaster - E196 – F/O CN Hammond
12-Aug-43 - Milan - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
14-Aug-43 - Milan - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
27-Aug-43 - Nuremberg - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
29-Aug-43 - Munchengladbach - Lancaster - EE196 – F/O CN Hammond
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13182 F/L Hammond Posted from 103 Sqn 2nd O/C A Flight 166 Squadron Kirmington. 21/9/43
Teitzel was screened at this point and was replaced by F/O Ault also from 103 Squadron
29-Sept 43 – F/O CN Hammond – Bochum – Lancaster - EE196
01-Oct-43 – F/O CN Hammond - Hagen – Lancaster – EE196.
04-Oct-43 – F/O CN Hammond - Ludswighaven – EE196
7-Oct-43 – F/O CN Hammond - Stuttgart – Lancaster – EE196
20-Oct-43 – F/O CN Hammond - Leipzig – Lancaster – EE196
22-Oct-43 – F/O CN Hammond - Kassel – Lancaster – EE196 – FTR – Night fighter victim
Took off 1812 from Kirmington. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Brakelsiek to the west side of the Schwalenberger Wald approx a mile north west of Schwalenberg and 50 miles short of the target.
Arthuir Pilbeam later recalled one wing was set on fire and the controls damaged. The pilot tried to retain some sort of control to enable the crew to bale out but the aircraft went into a spin and then blew up. He was fortunate to survive and identified 4 of the bodies of his crew mates the next day. None of the parachute release handles had been pulled.
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F/L Charles Neville Hammond RAFVR – Pilot – 23 – 166 Sqn - Son of Lt.-Col. Thomas Neville Hammond and Doris Hammond, of Llanrug, Caernarvonshire; husband of Mary Hammond, of Odiham, Hampshire – Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
Sgt Arthur Iden Pilbeam RAFVR ( pictured below ) – 166 Sqn – POW – Camps 4B/L3 – No 261472
F/O Robert Elkington Ault RAFVR – Air Bomber – 22 – 166 Sqn - Son of Reuben John and Olive Eugenie Ault, of Sidcup, Kent - Hanover War Cemetery
M/S John Murray Walton USAAF – Navigator - 21 – 166 Sqn – Son of Melville R Walton and Mable Walton - Ardennes War Cemetery, Belgium
P/O Edward Ellis Jones RAFVR ( pictured below ) – 32 – 166 Sqn – Son of Evan and Mary Ellen Jones and husband of Margaret Jones of Wembley Middlesex - Hanover War Cemetery
Sgt Ivan Keith Doncaster RAFVR – Air Gunner – 20 - 166 Sqn – Son of Raymond Doncaster and Evelyn Mary Doncaster of Sandacre, Derbyshire - - Hanover War Cemetery
P/O Victor George Deacon RAFVR – Air Gunner – 35 – 166 Sqn – Son of George and Victor Deacon and husband of Lilian Elizabeth Deacon of Long Eaton and father of James V Deacon - Hanover War Cemetery
Above - L to R Edward Jones and Arthur Pilbeam
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Leonard King Teitzel DFC RAAF
Teitzel was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross gazetted 16 November 1943.
The citation for his award states:
Warrant Officer Teitzel has completed many successful operations against the enemy in which he has displayed a high degree of skill, fortitude and devotion to duty.
Leonard Teitzel was eventually posted back to Australia and by January 1945 he was serving with 24 Squadron where he sadly lost his life
23rd January 1945 - RAAF Liberator aircraft A72-70 of Number 24 Squadron was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire during an armed reconnaissance of Cape Chater Airfield (Lautem East Airfield), East Timor. All 11 crew on board were killed and are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
Warrant Officer Leonard King Teitzel DFC RAAF - Son of Harry King Teitzel and Florence Mary Teitzel of Yeronga, Queensland - Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River War Cemetery, Australia
Item compiled by David Fell. Photos from my archive except the Teitzel pic and info courtesy of the Australian Virtual War Memorial
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