Date of death:

May 31st, 1942 (Linde (Vorden) /Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves Vorden
Grave: 2-3.

Service number:

1181184

Nationality:

British

Sergeant RAFVR, 156 Squadron RAF.

Sergeant Holmes was the observer on board the Vickers Wellington DV715 GT-V, which took off from RAF Alconbury at 23:55 on 30 May 1944. The aircraft, one of the Pathfinders, was shot down by a German night fighter on its return from an attack on Cologne in Germany. The Wellington crashed in flames near Linde (Vorden), killing the entire five-man crew. Sergeant Holmes and the rest of the crew are buried in the general cemetery in Vorden.

In 2022, a monument was unveiled at the crash site.

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• Photo 1: Jan de Jager
• - Sergeant James Herbert Holmes | War Casualty Details 2648322 | CWGC
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