LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Henry Charles WEEKS
Service No: 402990
Born: Newcastle NSW, 21 September 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940
Unit: No. 144 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station North Luffenham
Died: Air Operations: (No. 144 Squadron Hampden aircraft AT218), Germany, 10 April 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Ernest and Florence Alice Weeks, of New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Cardiff NSW
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the night of 10 April 1942 Hampden AT218 took off from North Luffenham detailed to bomb Essen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was lost with three crew members killed and one taken prisoner.
The crew members of AT218 were:
Pilot Officer David Huntly Johnson (80283) (RAFVR) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Maurice Young Kennedy (404070) (RNZAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant S Rickard (1325467) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) PoW
Sergeant Henry Charles Weeks (402990) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/177/244