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* JACK EDWARD GIBBS *
Friday, March 31, 2006 2:44 PM
Hi Pats,
I came across your website while searching out Vollenhove on the internet.
Being a Vollenhove resident, I was wondering if you could help me?
I am planning to visit Vollenhove on April 25th
to visit my uncle's war grave on behalf of my family.
I will be traveling from Canada.
My Uncle (Jack Gibbs) is buried in De Voorst cemetery, shot down at age 19.
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I only speak English; will that be a problem getting around the town in general?
Many thanks for your assistance and reply.
Brenda Gibbs
"In Memoriam"
R.91205 Flight Sergeant Jack Edward Gibbs
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd of July 1942 - Age 19
see also 420 Squadron
In the weeks after March 31st I was collecting all kinds of information
about here uncle's crash in the lake called "Zwarte Meer" just South of Vollenhove
April 25th-26th I was a helpful guide in Vollenhove
Additional page will follow - 25 Aug 2006 - PATS
Starting this page - Jack Edward Gibbs - 10 Feb 2007 - PATS
R.91205 - Jack Edwards Gibbs
Son of Mrs. and Mr. William (Bill) J. Gibbs of Toronto, Ontario, Canadahusband of Mrs. Doreen Margaret Gibbs née Betts, Oxford, UK
Killed in action South of Vollenhove - Friday 3rd of July 1942 - Age 19
Attestation paper - RCAF - 25 Nov 1940
Jack Edward Gibbs was born 19 November 1922, East York TWP, York Co., ON
Son of William James Gibbs ( born Norwich, UK ) and Gladys Mathilda Williams ( born London, UK )
248 Albany Ave, Toronto, ON - [ 25 Nov 1940 ]
1929-1935 - Jesse Ketchum @ Palmerston Ave - Public School, Toronto, ON
1935-1939 - Central Tech - Public Highschool - Motor Mechanics, Toronto, ON
Civil occupations: Stock Clerk - Jun 1940 - Copp Clark Co. - Wellington St., Toronto, ON
Religion: Church of England
Hobbies: Photography - Sports: Softball occasionally
Enlistment: Toronto, 24 Jan 1941
Posted to #2 Manning Depot, Brandon, Manitoba - Trade W.O. / A.G.
AC2 - Aircraftman 2nd Class - 26 Jan 1941
LAC - Leading Aircraftman - 1 May 1941
F/Sgt. (pd) - 15 Sep 1941 - Spec Group
WO/AG - 6 Mar 1942
to 16 OTU 'Operational Training Unit' - 27 Jan 1942
F/Sgt. - 15 Mar 1942
from 16 OTU 'Operational Training Unit' to 420 Squadron - 10 Jun 1942
Missing after operation - 3 Jul 1942
Presumed dead - 3 Jul 1942
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- info 'Record of Service Airman' - received 16 Mar 2009 -
Jack - Flight Sergeant - W.Operator / Air Gunner - Age 19 - with his "own" RCAF crew, March 1942
probably taken at Waddington
Contact Gibbs is pending - 31 Mar 2006 - PATS
On his last mission on 2nd-3rd July 1942 towards target Bremen
he was joining another crew of Sqdn.420 - Hampden I AT248 PT-A
due he overstayed his leave on his honeymoon - 17th of June 1942 -
When he returned, his crew had left so he was reassigned to another
which became his last flight with the following crew members
R.85433 - Charles Garnett Wilde
Royal Canadian Air Force - Flight Sergeant ( Pilot ) - Age 22Son of Harry Milton Wilde and Mabel Lillian Wilde (née Breault),
of Richmound, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Attestation Paper - 13 July 1940 - 'Desire to join RCAF'
Name: Charles Garnett Wilde - Born: 11 Mar 1920, Medicine Hat, Alberta - Residence: Richmound, Saskatchewan
Occupation: Municipal Clerk - Religion: United Church - Sports: Softball, Baseball - Height 5-11 - Weight: 160 - Single
Education: Oasis School 1926-1932 ( General ) - Oasis High School: 1932-1939 ( General - passed Gr. XI )
Civil Occupations ( 1938 - 1941 ): L.J. Freeman, Municipal Sec-Treas Assistant, Richmound, Saskatchewan
Recruiting Centre: Calgary, Alberta - Recommended for Pilot or Observer - Enlistment: 12 Feb 1941
Special Reserve - Posted No. 2 Manning Depot, Brandon, Manitoba - Trade: Pilot or Observer (standard)
Rank: Sgt. - Pilots Flying Badge - 7 Oct 1941 - Trade: Pilot
TOS: # 'Y' Depot Halifax - 9 Oct 1941
Embarked: 3 Nov 1941
T/F/Sgt. - 7 April 1942
from 16 OTU 'Operational Training Unit' to 420 Squadron - 3 May 1942
Missing after operation - 3 Jul 1942
Presumed dead - 3 Jul 1942
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- info 'Record of Service Airman' - received 4 Jun 2009 -
F/Sgt. Charles G. Wilde - - - - - - - Claresholm, AB - Pilot badge, Duke of Windsor
- images via Wilde family - - - - - - - - - 5 Nov 1941 - ( 7 Nov 1941 in Army record ) -
"Charles Garnett Wilde, born March 11, 1920 at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
He was the second of 9 children born to Harry Milton Wilde and Mabel Lillian Wilde (née Breault)
Charles or Charlie grew up on the family farm at Richmound, Saskatchewan and
attended school there. For 2 years after High School he was employed as a
clerk in the local Municipal office. Early in his life he developed a love
for flying and for aircraft and spent many hours building model planes out
of balsa wood and tissue paper
And so when he joined the armed services in Feb of 1941 it was only natural
that he would enlist in the Air Force
He graduated from RCAF Service Flying School at Claresholm, Alberta on Oct 5th of the same year
At his "Wings" ceremony the Duke of Windsor pinned on Pilot badge
On Nov 20 1941 he landed at Northampton, England
During his training period in Canada our brother Richard Nelson Wilde was drowned
in a boating accident at the Uplands Air Force Training Station near Ottawa, ON
Nelson was also in the Air Force
It is a great comfort to us that his grave is attended by such care by your people
and that his supreme sacrifice made so early in his life has not been forgotten.
resume by Doug Wilde – Charlie's brother - Regina, SK, Canada - 28 June 2007 -
Memorials at Maple Creek Community Cemetery, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
Harry Milton Wilde, born: 13 Feb 1893 - died: 4 Feb 1956 - Age 62
Mabel Lillian Wilde (née Breault), born 1893 - died: 7 Mar 1979 - Age 86
Richard Nelson Wilde, born: 25 Jan 1922 - died: 8 Jul 1941 - Age 19 - son of Harry & Mabel
Stanley R. Wilde, born 1919 - died: 25 Jul 1967 - Age 46 - son of Harry & Mabel
Contact Wilde is pending - 21 Jul 2007 - PATS
Last update - 9 Apr 2010 - PATS
R.69734 - Thomas Edward Crothers
Royal Canadian Air Force - Flight Sergeant - W.Operator / Air Gunner - Age 32born 20 Mar 1910, Rouge Hill, ON - died 3 Jul 1942, Zwarte Meer (lake), The Netherlands
Son of Thomas B. Crothers, and of Isabella Irene Crothers, Dundas St., of Cooksville, Ontario, Canada.
School: Oshawa Collegiate - Enlistment: Toronto 3 July 1940
Church: Anglican - attended: St. John's, Dixie
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- Serviceman info from Service card - Peel War Records Board - received 5 Dec 2008 -
Isabella Irene Crothers - info - 19 Nov 2008 - PATS
Attestation paper - RCAF - 12 June 1940
Thomas Edward Crothers was born 20 March 1910 on a farm, Pickering, ON
Son of Thomas B. Crothers ( born Toronto ) and Isabella Irene Morrish ( born Port Perry, ON )
brother of Donald James Crothers, 227 King St. West, Oshawa, ON - [ 12 Jun 1940 ]
1914-1922 - Centre Street Public School, Oshawa, ON
1922-1927 - Oshawa Collegiate , Oshawa, ON - pass Matriculation
1927-1929 - Clerk - G. & W. Syberry - 27 King St. East, Oshawa, ON
1930-1940 - Clerk - Thomas Crothers - 227 King St. West, Oshawa, ON
Civil occupations: Clerk 13 yrs, CNR Construction, Merchant
Summer vacations at C.N.R. - Construction
Religion: Anglican
Hobbies: Sports - Sports: Golf, Baseball, Tennis, Football, Swimming, Basketball
Enlistment: Toronto, 3 Jul 1940
Posted to #1 Manning Depot, Toronto, Ontario, Manitoba - Air Crew "Std"
AC2 - Aircrew "Std" - 3 Jul 1940
LAC- Leading Aircraftman - 6 Nov 1940
T/Sgt. - 14 Apr 1941 - Award: Air Gunners Badge - 14 Apr 1941 -
from 16 OTU 'Operational Training Unit' to 420 Squadron - 28 Mar 1942
Missing after operation - 3 Jul 1942
Presumed dead - 3 Jul 1942
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- info 'Record of Service Airman' - received 16 Mar 2009 -
Exactly two year in service - info - 17 Mar 2009 - PATS
Thomas B. CROTHERS, 27, painter, Toronto, ON - s/o James CROTHERS & Mary Hannah RENTON, Toronto
married 29 Nov 1906 at Port Perry, Ontario Co
Isabella Irene MORRISH, 25, Port Perry, ON - d/o George James MORRISH & Sarah HAYWARD
witn: Henry KIRBYSON of Toronto & Nicholas INGRAM of Port Perry, ON
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- info: Ontario - marriages - 1906 -
Sgt. Thomas Edward Crothers
Cooksville, Missing
18 CANADIANS MISSING AS AIR TEMPO INCREASES
Globe and Mail 1942/07/10
- via WarMuseum.CA - 9 Nov 2008 -
!!! Image Crothers found after 2 Year, 7 Month, and 9 Days in this research !!!
PX5863 14 Dec 42 from AMK states German 'Totenliste 86' confirms death of Sgt. Crothers
PCX217 16 Feb 44 from AMK states German information states Sgt. Crothers and Sgt. Wilde
buried in Amersfoort Cemetery Province of Utrecht -- Section XIII graves 48 and 49 respectively --
Grave location : Amersfoort ( Oud Leusden ) General Cemetery, Holland, Grave No. 49 Section 13.
- info 'Record of Service Airman' - received 16 Mar 2009 -
Vernon's - City of Oshawa directory - 1928
Crothers Donald, Student
Crothers Thomas B ( Isabel ), Grocer, house
227 King St. West, Oshawa, ON
In the directory of 1924 - Crothers T B, trav, h ( traveling, house )
- info Oshawa library -
Edward is remembered on the Oshawa Collegiate Memorial - unveiled 21st Dec 1949
Sister Dorothy and brother Carson did attend Oshawa Collegiate & Vocational Institute too
Carson is playing rugby - 1931 - Junior Rugby Team - see Yearbook 1931
I assume that his older brother Donald James ( student-1928 ) was also on the same school
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Donald James Crothers - b. 14 Mar 1908 - d. 12 Dec 1986, Oshawa, ON - Age 78
he married Beatrice Elva Olive Suddard - b. Sep 1912, Toronto - d. 1998, Oshawa, ON - Age 86
children of Donald James and Beatrice Elva O. Crothers are R. T. Crothers (son) and J. B. Crothers (daughter)
Thomas Edward Crothers - b. 20 Mar 1910, Pickering, ON - d. 3 Jul 1942, Netherlands - Age 32
Dorothy Jean Crothers - b. 18 Jan 1912 - d. 5 Mar 1995, Toronto, ON - Age 83
Dorothy Jean Crothers married on 9 Jan 1936, Oshawa - Alan R. Williams - b. 5 Jan 1906 - d. 7 May 1999 - Age 93
their children are Ross 1937, Peter 1940, Susan 1944 and Christopher 1952
Carson Crothers - b. 01 Oct 1913 - d. Oct 1997 - Age 84 - Junior rugby player in 1931 team -
Carson Crothers married, Sep 1941, Nancy Blatchford - b. 13 Jan 1916 - d. Sep 2007 - Age 91
their children are Margo 1944 and Thomas ?1947?
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- info Ancestry, Oshawa Library -
Additional info via Peter T. Williams, nephew - 02 Feb 2010 - PATS
Contact Crothers is pending - 02 Feb 2010 - PATS
!!! after 3 Year, 9 Month, and 2 Days in this research !!!
Edward "Ed" with his sister Dorothy and nephew Ross - 1942
images via Bob Crothers (nephew) - 04 Feb 2010
Ed Crothers (left), with unknown Airmates (middle, right) and children (front)
images via Ross Williams (nephew) - 03 Jun 2010
Children likely of 'middle' Airman - 03 Jun 2010 - PATS
Last update - 03 Jun 2010 - PATS
1198862 - Alan Denis Bond
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Sergeant (Obs.) - Age 30Son of James Flaxman Bond (b.1883, Aylsham) and Kate Bond (née Butcher),
of Aylsham; husband of Joyce Ethel Bond (née Staddon), of Aylsham, Norfolk, UK
marriage Alan (b.1912, Aylsham) and Ethel (b.1913, Hendon) was late 1935
Observer Alan Bond (right) with his pilot Charles Wilde for a break
"Alan Denis Bond was born and bred in Aylsham, Norfolk
and was educated at the Paston Grammar School, North Walsham.
He had an elder brother, Ray, who was a Quarter Master Sergeant in the Army during the War
and upon his return worked for Barclays Bank. Sadly, Ray died in 1956.
Alan was married to Joyce, they had no children, she remarried and died about 20 years ago.
Alan was a keen player of both golf and tennis.
Before the War Alan Bond worked with his Father, who had a thriving Gentlemen's
and Ladies Outfitters (clothing) business in Aylsham.
Alan then purchased shops in North Walsham and Swaffham, both market towns in Norfolk
Here he carried on the same business as his Father
His wife, Joyce, looked after both shops during the war and continued to do so after Alan was killed
The North Walsham shop continued trading for about 30 years
and the Swaffham shop for about 15 years after the war
I was only 10 years old when the war started therefore my memories of Alan are limited
Alan Denis Bond was my cousin."
With best wishes, Molly Postle - Aylsham - 18 July 2007
Marriage: 4th Qtr. 1907, district Aylsham - James Flaxman Bond to Kate Butcher
Raymond James Bond - born 4th Qtr. 1909 - mother's surname Butcher - district Aylsham, Norfolk, UK
Alan Denis Bond - born 4th Qtr. 1912 - mother's surname Butcher - district Aylsham, Norfolk, UK
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Marriage: 4th Qtr. 1935, district Aylsham - Alan D. Bond to Joyce E. Staddon
Marriage: 2nd Qtr. 1938, district Norwich - Raymond J. Bond to Jean M. Bell
Churchyard - Church of St Michael and all Angels -
War Memorial Aylsham, Norfolk, UK - ( click on church image )
Stone War Memorial in churchyard - 1939-1945 - side
Wooden Memorial inside church of St Michael and all Angels, Aylsham -
- images courtesy Amanda Postle -
Contact Bond is pending - 18 Aug 2007 - PATS
The Hampden MK I was shot down by night-fighter - Fw Heinz Grimm, II./NJG 2 - from Leeuwarden, NL
and crashed 01:40 on 3 July 1942 into the IJsselmeer - Area Ramspol - Ganzendiep . On raid to Bremen at the time.
Leutnant Heinz Grimm , born 18.04.1920 Homburg, Kreis Eisleben , Sachsen
was hit by own flak over Bremen on 09.10.1943 , parachuted , DOW 13.10.1943 due severe burns
Leutnant Heinz Grimm - 1920-1943
( source image "Wespennest Leeuwarden" II )
Base: Leeuwarden - unit: II./NJG2 - period: 1.11.41 - 1.10.42 - A/C: Ju 88C
Base: Leeuwarden - unit: IV./NJG1 - period: 1.10.42 - 3.44 - A/C: Bf 110
No.420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron
Arrived in Waddington - County Lincolnshire at 19/12/41Group 5 at Waddington - Formed with Hampden I, 01/42
PUGNAMUS FINITUM
No. 420 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force (and subsequently Canadian Forces)existed from late December 1941 forwards.
The Squadron's nickname was "City of London" and "Snowy Owl".
Their motto was Pugnamus Finitum Latin for "We Fight To The Finish".
No. 420 Squadron is no longer active.
Squadron, No. 420, flying its first raid on the night of January 21/22 1942,
continued to operate Hampdens, one of the last units in Bomber Command to do so.
In August the same year it was transferred to No. 4 Group at Skipton-on Swale - Yorkshire
some links / info :
Waddington Airfield - at Bomber Command
No. 420 Squadron RCAF - at Bomber Command
Detailed info Hampden scale model - Airfix 1:72 Handley Page Hampden
For SQUADRON information - at Bomber Command
P 5332 - Hampden - at Lost bombers
Did find here other serial numbers - 14 Feb 2007 - !!!
Hampden I AE248 PT-A - squadron 420 - RCAF
went down near Koudum- 3rd of July 1942 at 00:54
on the same mission to Bremen
420-losses-Hampden - at Bomber-Command of Bob Baxter
Do find here P5332 and AT248 - have to do more research on the numbers !!
Don't see the AE248 of Koudum with is for 100% of the 420 Sqdn. "Snowy Owl",
so it seems something is mixed-up PATS - 16 Feb 2007
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Handley Page Hampden- at Canadianwings.com
Jack Edward Gibbs - civilian -
- image courtesy Gibbs family -
"this damn-fool-game"
Collage made of images and last letter from Jack
Jack Edward Gibbs and Doreen Margaret Betts on her wedding day 17th of June 1942
with here sisters baby - address: 55 Charles St / Iffly Rd, Oxford, UK
Place of marriage: Registry Office Oxford - date 17 June 1942
The last letter - 27/5/1942 - from Jack reads:
Dear All,
Thanks for the nice letters and for sending the cable from Dad on to me.
I have only a minute or two to write now but I hope to see you all
before long, thought I can't say exactly when you can expect us.
If I should take a last fling at this damn-fool-game, before then though,
and it turns out to be that last short flight into the sunset, will you
ask Doreen home for a little while anyway? She needs a holiday and a
change and a few days at the Tuns will do her good. And make sure she goes!
Enough of that, though. You'll never know how much I am looking forward to
getting home, this time, so you can be on the look out for us before many days.
For now, though,
Love from Doreen + myself
Jack
Crew of Hampden I - P5332 - PT-T - squadron 420 - RCAF
- AMERSFOORT - OUD LEUSDEN - GENERAL CEMETERY - "RUSTHOF" -
C. G. Wilde - CWGC ref. 2620449 and T. E. Crothers - CWGC ref. 2620295- buried in Amersfoort - Oud Leusden - General Cemetery
On CWGC - Crothers - Age 33 - he was born 20 Mar 1910 !!! Must be Age 32 - PATS - 05 Dec 2008
RCAF - Service records - Crothers - request 11 Nov 2008 - received 16 Mar 2009 - PATS -
RCAF - Service records - Wilde - request 18 Mar 2009 - received 4 Jun 2009 - PATS -
- VOLLENHOVE (STAD-VOLLENHOVE) GENERAL CEMETERY -
J. E. Gibbs - CWGC ref. 2820692 and A. D. Bond - CWGC ref. 2820690- buried in Vollenhove - General Cemetery - Location: 52°40'49.60"N - 5°56'42.60"E -
RCAF - Service records - Gibbs - request 11 Nov 2008 - received - 16 Mar 2009 - PATS -
left to right : Air Gunner - Joe Pass, Pilot - Charles Wilde - RCAF - and Observer - Alan Bond - RAFVR
All images incl. Charles G. Wilde, courtesy of his brother Doug and youngest sister Joyce - 21 Jul 2007
?? There is a Flight Sergeant Joseph Pass - 990571 - W.Op./Air Gnr - DFM - RAFVR - at Harderwijk General Cemetery ??
106 Sqdn - Lancaster W4367 - date of death 26/06/1943 - age 27 -
CWGC ref. 2820692 - Plot 2. Grave 8. Harderwijk
Have to verify the background of Joe Pass - 22 Jul 2007 - PATS
Last update - 18 May 2010 - PATS
Vollenhove - 12
Vollenhove - General Cemetery - "De Voorst" - 5th of May 2006 - by PATS
- 12 Commonwealth graves - 1 NZ - 1 CAN - 3 AUS - 7 UK -
- move cursor over flags for name and 'correct' grave number -
631 - . - 630 - . - 629 - . - 628 - . - 627 - . - 626 - . - 625 - . - 624 - . - 623 - . - 622 - . - 621 - . - 620
11-11-11 - Poppy Day - Vollenhove - 11-11-11
Poppies are placed in Vollenhove since 11 Nov 2005 by Colin and Tina Moggridge from the UK
05 May 2006 - Noticed "mystery" poppy on gravestone #622 of Pilot Officer J. E. Rule
solved by email from Tina - 09 Oct 2011 - info PATS
Dear Teunis,
My name is Tina Moggridge and I was given your web page details today - 09 Oct 2011
after meeting someone and talking about the war graves in Vollenhove and Blokzijl
I read an item from the family of Jack Gibbs
If you are still in contact with them I was wondering if you could let them know
that every 11th of November my husband and I take poppies to each of the graves
and I do a bible reading to let them know that they are never forgotten
My husband lost his father when he was 6 years old on the 19th June 1944
and this is a time for us to celebrate his father too
We now live in Sint Jansklooster so it is easy for us to visit the graves
Kind regards Tina Moggridge (mrs) - 09 Oct 2011
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14249644 - Gunner - Jack Simon Godfrey Moggridge - Age 32
born 1912, UK - died 19 Jun 1944, UK
Royal Artillery - 96 Field Regiment
Son of John and Emily Moggridge née Brice, High Barnet, UK
husband of Constance Vera Moggridge née Day, Barnet, UK
Grave: Row G.4 Grave 104 - Cemetery: Bells Hill Burial Ground, Hertfordshire, UK - CWGC ref. 2932632
Jack Simon Godfrey Moggridge . . . . . . . Poppy 2011 Moggridge . . . . . . . . . . Bells Hill Burial Ground . . .
images via findagrave.com - Heather Moggridge and Julia & Keld
Poppy Day - 11 Nov 2011 - Vollenhove
image by PATS
more details with news and photos - opens in new tab/window -
Last update - 03 Jan 2012 - PATS
Zwarte Meer ( Lake )
- Approx. 3.5 mi S of Vollenhove - near Ganzendiep entrance -|
SGLO - T1669 Hampden - P5332 - PT-T - Fri 03 Jul 1942 - 01:40 Zwarte Meer / Ganzendiep - 3.5 mi S of Vollenhove 4 KIA |
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RCAF 420 Sqdn. - Hampden - P5332 - PT-T - Operation: Bremen - 03/07/1942
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Crew: Hampden - P5332 - PT-T - 03 Jul 1942 - Mission: Bremen
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R/85433 - Flight Sergeant - Pilot - Charles Garnett Wilde - RCAF - Age 22 - KIA
1198862 - Sergeant - Observer - Alan Denis Bond - RAFVR - Age 30 - KIA
R/69734 - Flight Sergeant - W.Operator / Air Gunner - Thomas Edward Crothers - RCAF - Age 32 - KIA
R/91205 - Flight Sergeant - W.Operator / Air Gunner - Jack Edward Gibbs - RCAF - Age 19 - KIA
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R.91205 - Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
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You will see 'Age 24' and 'Jack Gibbs' at the CWGC site
both are incorrect
Age 24 was also on his headstone, changed afterwards into 19
Age at CWGC site - corrected to Age 19 - 19 Jan 2009 - info PATS
His dad was William ( Bill ) J. Gibbs - info Brenda Gibbs - 2006
Age 19 is 'correct' at his headstone nowadays - info PATS - 2008
Jack Edward Gibbs, son of Mr. William James Gibbs and Mrs. Gladys Matilda Gibbs - née Williams
- info Mrs. Libby Gibbs - via Gary Gibbs - 4 Feb 2009
Busy to correct his parents names at CWGC site - PATS - 4 Feb 2009
Correct names are now at CWGC site - PATS - 24 Feb 2009
- Clip - Globe and Mail - 1942/07/10 -
- Airmen casualty list - missing-
- Clip - Globe and Mail - 1942/12/21 -
- Airmen casualty list - presumed dead-
1198862 - Sergeant (Observer)
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Contact Gibbs is pending - 31 Mar 2006 - PATS
Contact Wilde is pending - 21 Jul 2007 - PATS
Contact Bond is pending - 18 Aug 2007 - PATS
Contact Crothers is pending - 02 Feb 2010 - PATS
Last update - 27 Jun 2011 - PATS
IJsselmeer
- Approx. 30 mi WSW of Vollenhove - 10 mi E of Marken -|
SGLO - T2849 Stirling Mk. III - EH937 - WP-S - Mon 23 Aug 1943 - 23:40 IJsselmeer - 10 mi E of Marken 3 KIA - 4 MIA |
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RAF 90 Sqdn. - Stirling Mk. III - EH937 - WP-S - Operation: Berlin - Monday 23/08/1943
Crew EH937 - 23 Aug 1943
- source Service Records R. 112684 - Warrant Officer II (WO2) - Lloyd Martin Stormer - RCAF -
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Crew: Stirling Mk. III - EH937 - WP-S - 23 Aug 1943 - Mission: Berlin
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413622 - Fl.Sgt. - Pilot - Kenneth William Longmore - RAAF - Age 25 - MIA
591849 - Sgt. - Navigator - Cecil Joseph Purcell - RAFVR - Age 20 - KIA
R/112684 - Warrant Off. II - Air Bomber - Lloyd Martin Stormer - RCAF - Age 23 - MIA
960685 - Fl.Sgt. - Wireless Operator - Victor Alfred Weaver - RAFVR - Age 26 - MIA
1304616 - Sgt. - Mid Upper Gunner - Albert Eric Lloyd - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
1440434 - Sgt. - Rear Gunner - Gordon Clarence Jeffreys - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
971236 - Sgt. - Flight Engineer - Ronald Lloyd Jones - RAFVR - Age 22 - MIA
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Plane crashed Mon 23rd of Aug 1943 - 23:40 - 15 km E of the Isle of Marken ( 30 miles SW of Vollenhove )
Sgt. A. E. Lloyd is the only one of this crew who is buried - 8 Sept 1943 - in Vollenhove
He was found - 3rd of Sept 1943 - by fishermen from Vollenhove
- VN60 - Jan Ouderling aka "Jan Otter" and his help Louwe de Boer
- Jan Ouderling - 1890 - 1974 ----------------- VN60 - harbour Vollenhove -----------------
His younger brother Fred with Eric in Army dress
- photo courtesy Lloyd family -
Fred - born 2nd Qtr. 1923, district Runcorn, Cheshire County, UK
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For fifty years we have been here, nowhere near a funeral bier Our plight is sad our story true we are the remains of a Stirling bomber crew. We crashed into the Zuider Zee in August nineteen forty three The moon was full the night was clear Only the flak and nightfighters to fear. We had done our job and bombed Berlin. On our homeward flight they all honed in. The searchlights held us in their gaze for what seemed to us like days. The skipper said "We have been hit I'll try to run for it" He did his best it must be said but now we lie in our watery bed no piece of marble at our head. All these years we have been here tormented souls unable to rest because we have not been blessed The night was clear the moon was full. |
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Lloyd's visiting Vollenhove - 1994
RAF 90 Sqdn. - Stirling Mk.III - EH937 - WP-S - Operation: Berlin - Monday 23/08/1943
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Serial Range EH921 - EH961. 41 Stirling Mk.III
Part of a batch of 120 Short S.29 Stirling Mk.III/IV. EH875-EH909; EH921-EH961
EH977-EH996; EJ104-EJ127 Mk.III, of which EH897, EH950 and EJ106 were converted to Mk.IV
Delivered by Austin Motors Ltd between Jun 1943 and Sep 1943
Contract No.B982939/39. Delivered to No.90 Sqdn 10 Jul 1943
EH937 was one of two 90 Sqdn Stirlings lost on this operation. Other was BK779
Stirling Mk.III - EH937 - WP-S was airborne - 20:37 - 23 Aug 1943 from Wratting Common, UK
Cause of loss not established. Crashed - 23:40 - in the IJsselmeer, some 15 km E of Marken
Four are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Two are buried in Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery,
and Sgt. Lloyd is in Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery
Wratting Common had been adopted in lieu of West Wickham during Aug 1943
Map 23-24 Aug 1943
map via Norman Beech / Michael Tench - 12 Aug 2009
It's from "The Berlin Raids: RAF Bomber Command Winter 1943/44" by Martin Middlebrooke
source map info by Andy Canning - 18 March 2010
According route - Stirling EH937 did crash 23 Aug 1943 going outward
Crash time is set on 23:40 - 23 Aug 1943 in SGLO list - info PATS
1304616 - Sgt. - Mid Upper Gunner - Albert Eric Lloyd - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
of Helsby, Cheshire, UK - Plot 3 - Row 4 - Grave 629
- Vollenhove ( Z 7955 ) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820694
born 2nd Qtr. 1921, district Runcorn, Cheshire County, UK
Son of Thomas Daniel and Florence Lloyd ( née Worrall ), of Helsby, Cheshire, UK
Fishermen from the Isle of Urk found Sgt. Jeffreys and Sgt. Purcell near Elburg
buried in Urk, but 18-07-1947 reburied in Oud-Leusden
- AMERSFOORT - OUD LEUSDEN - GENERAL CEMETERY - "RUSTHOF" -
Sgt. C. J. Purcell - - - - - - - - - - Sgt. G. C. Jeffreys
source images - site Kees Blankenstijn † - 90 Squadron
591849 - Sgt. - Navigator - Cecil Joseph Purcell - RAFVR - Age 20 - KIA
of North Town, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK - Plot 13. Row 9. Grave 185
initial buried - General Cemetery Urk ( Z 5553 ) Grave 611 Deep 2
- reburied 18 Jul 1947 - Amersfoort (Oud-Leusden) General Cemetery "Rusthof" - CWGC ref. 2620397
born 2nd Qtr. 1923 - mother's surname O'Connell - district Farnham
Son of Thomas and Margaret Purcell ( née O'Connell ), of North Town, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Sgt. Cecil Joseph Purcell - photos taken while in training
- images courtesy Mary M. Purcell, sister - via John Purcell, nephew - 24 Jul 2009
His brother 843261 - Sgt. - Philip Stephen Purcell - ( Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C. ) - Age 23 -
died 6 weeks earlier on 10 Jul 1943 near Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
Syracuse War Cemeter, Sicily - Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 9. - CWGC ref. 2066663
Both were educated at Aldershot Grammar School ( later Farnborough Grammar School )
and lived during WWII in Bell Vue Road, Aldershot
Cecil trained as a pilot in Canada but was transferred to Navigator later on
- info via John Purcell ( nephew ) - 16 Jul 2009 -
1440434 - Sgt. - Rear Gunner - Gordon Clarence Jeffreys - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
of Buildwas, Shropshire, UK - Plot 13. Row 9. Grave 186
initial buried - General Cemetery Urk ( Z 5553 ) Grave 612 Deep 1
- reburied 18 Jul 1947 - Amersfoort (Oud-Leusden) General Cemetery "Rusthof" - CWGC ref. 2620345
Gordon was born on 19 Nov 1920 at the Lady Forester Hospital Broseley in the registration district of Madeley, County Shropshire, UK
Son of Mr. Richard Thomas Jeffreys and Mrs. Rose Clarice Jeffreys ( née Cumpstone ),
26 Buildwas Road Ironbridge, district Madeley, County Shropshire, UK
His father Richard Thomas Jeffreys was a domestic groom and gardener
His mother ( b. 1892 ) died late 1922. Gordon stayed at the family home in the charge of his aunt Edith May [Mabel] Cumpstone
They lived in Maypole Cottage Buildwas. His father re-married in 1928
- info via Norman Beech - 07 Aug 2009
paternal grandmother of Norman Beech, Beatrice Ellen Cumpstone, sister of 'great aunt' Rose and Edith 'Edie'
- additional info via Jill and Bernard Davies ( distant cousin of Gordon ) - 10 Nov 2009
Edith May [Mabel] Cumpstone - www.cumpston.org.uk/#/edith-may-cumpstone-buildwas/4536591002
Miss Edith May Cumpstone - born 1889, Madeley - died 01 Apr 1975 (hospital) - Age ~86
. . . . Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buildwas - School photo - 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Jeffreys . . . .
school photo via Mrs. Hill ( on the extreme right ) - 31 Oct 2009
photo ( left ) via Mr. Heath - 10 Nov 2009
Letter + photo (1937) from Mr. Ernest Heath (friend of Gordon )
l-r : Percy Gilmore, Ernest Heath, Gordon Jeffreys, Eric Gilmore
via Mr. Ernest G. Heath and Mrs. Priscilla Heath née Gilmore - 06 Nov 2009
- transcript - letter of Mr. Ernest Heath - 06 Nov 2009 - written by his wife -
Gordon & me went to school together when we left we both went as Game Keepers
in the next village of Leighton but when war broke out that all finished
so we were sent to work at an estate yard.
We were both called up me to the Army & Gordon the Air Force
we were on leave together but we never saw Gordon again
We knew Gordon aunt very well
Ern Heath
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Gordon arrived from Australia in Liverpool aboard the 'Dominion Monarch' on 02 Sept 1941 - info by Janet Doody
The others are missing and commemorated on the "Runnymede Memorial"
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- RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL -
413622 - Fl.Sgt. - Pilot - Kenneth William Longmore - RAAF - Age 25 - MIA- of Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
- Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Panel 193 - CWGC ref. 1078905
Son of John Charles Longmore and Harriet Ann Longmore (née Langford), Green Street, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
Birthplace: 28 Jan 1918, Claremont, WA - Occupation: Hairdresser - Enlistment: 12 Sep 1941, Sidney, NSW
Claremont is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River
Kenneth William Longmore's name is located at Panel 125
in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Marriage John C. Longmore and Harriett A. Langford, Perth, WA - 1915 -
Siblings (3): Langsford John Longmore (born 21 Mar 1916, Claremont, WA - died 1971 - Age ~55)
Vincent Findlay Longmore (born 10 Mar 1921, Claremont, WA - alive Dec 2007)
March 2008 - Newsletter 2/2nd PIONEER BATTALION ASSOCIATION - Donation $30 - Vince Longmore -
One sister - Ms. .......... Longmore - need verification - 30 Jun 2010 - PATS
Last contact Longmore - 07 May 2011 - PATS
John C. Longmore (born 1885), Father: James Longmore, Mother: Minnie Longmore, District: Hill End
John Charles Longmore (death 1959 - Age ~74), Father: James Longmore, Mother: Minn(i)e Longmore, District: Cobar
Langsford John Longmore (death 1971), Father: John Charles Longmore, Mother: Harriet(t) Ann(e) Longmore, District: Parramatta
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64516 - Cpl - Langsford John Longmore, 21 Mar 1916, Claremont, WA
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Enlistment: 11 May 1942, Sidney, NSW - locality on enlistment: Ashley, Sydney, NSW
Next of Kin: J. Longmore
Date of Discharge: 18 Mar 1946 - Rank: Corporal - Posting at Discharge: 1 Transport & Movements Office
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NX88796 - Pvt - Vincent Findlay Longmore, 10 Mar 1921, Claremont, WA
Service: Australian Army
Enlistment: 11 Feb 1942, Paddington, NSW - locality on enlistment: Cobar, NSW
Next of Kin: Harriet Longmore
Date of Discharge: 26 Apr 1946 - Rank: Private - Posting at Discharge: 2/2 Pioneer Battalion
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info via - NSW - BMD records and National Archives of Australia - Personal service records
In the RCAF Service Records of Warrant Off. II - Lloyd M. Stormer there is mentioned for Urk
a burial of an Australian Airmen - 01 Dec 1943 - Grave 611 - Deep 1 - X803 - Coffin no.2
found in same area as Purcell and Jeffreys
reburied - 18 Jul 1947 at Oud-Leusden as 'UNKNOWN' Australian Airmen - Plot 13. Row 9. Grave 187
- Check of Urk cemetery listing is necessary -
- Urk - all war graves disinterred and reinterred in Amsterdam and Oud-Leusden -
Cobar Roll of Honour 1939 - 1945
Place: Cobar, New South Wales, 2835 - District: Upper Western
COBAR - 1939 - ROLL OF HONOUR - 1945
† S/SGT. K. LONGMORE, SIG. V.F. LONGMORE, CPL. L.J. LONGMORE
Middle name 'William' of Flight Sergeant K. W. Longmore not shown on Cobar webpage
Location: Foyer of Cobar Memorial Services Club, Marshall Street and Lewis Street
The club itself was built as a war memorial. There wooden honour roll is one of two in the foyer
It lists, in six columns, local men and women who served in World War II
- info and source - Michael Southwell-Keely ( died 2006 ) -
971236 - Sgt. - Flight Engineer - Ronald Lloyd Jones - RAFVR - Age 22 - MIA
- of Port Talbot, Glamorgan-Wales, UK
- Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Panel 155 - CWGC ref. 1802365
born 1st Qtr. 1921, mother's surname is Lloyd, district Neath, Glamorgan - Volume 11a Page 2003 - GRO index
Son of Edgar and Maggie L. Jones ( née Lloyd ), of Port Talbot, Glamorgan, UK
Maggie Lloyd married late 1918 with Edgar Jones, district Neath, Glamorgan - Volume 11a Page 1575 - GRO index
- additional info : Wales Genealogy Forum - by William Hartley -
R/112684 - Warrant Off. II - Air Bomber - Lloyd Martin Stormer - RCAF - Age 23 - MIA
- of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Panel 180 - CWGC ref. 1808119
Lloyd Martin Stormer - RCAF
- photo via JoAnne Shively - 08 May 2010 -
Citizenship : American - born 14 Nov 1919, Wilmingtown; Ward 5, Delaware, USA
died 23 Aug 1943, IJsselmeer, The Netherlands - Age 23 -
Son of Lloyd Irvin Stormer and Twila Irene Stormer ( née Perry ), 36 Four Oaks Gate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lloyd Irvin Stormer was vice president at Nabisco Co. in Toronto, Canada
father (23 Jan 1890 - Nov 1966) and mother (~1890) do have American citizenship ( born in Pennsylvania, USA )
Civilian Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 New Castle Co., DE
Stormer, Lloyd Irvin, born 23 Jan 1890, Worthville - a borough in Jefferson County, PA -
location of registration: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Lloyd Irvin Stormer and Ms. Twila Irene Perry married in Ringgold, PA, USA
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US Census 21 Apr 1910 - Ringgold Township, Jefferson County, PA
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Charles Munroe Stormer - Head - 42 - Farmer - born August 20, 1867 - died 15 Mar 1963
Maggie - (Margaret Elizabeth Reed) - Wife - 42 - born 28 Feb 1868 - died 18 Jul 1924
Loid - (Lloyd Irvin Stormer) - Son - 20 - Teacher - born 23 Jan 1890 - died Nov 1966
Reed - (Reed S. Stormer) - Son - 18 - born 27 Apr 1891 - died Aug 1975, Sprankle Mills, PA
Alda - (Alda Irene Stormer) - Daughter - 6 - born 19 Nov 1903 - died 9 Nov 1995, Leechburg, PA
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Alda Irene Stormer married Carl Edward Kordes on February 06, 1924 in Brookville, PA
son Darl Eugene Kordes (born 22 Sep 1924 - died 08 Jul 2009, Leechburg, PA - Age 84
Additional info by the late Darl Eugene Kordes - familytreemaker.genealogy.com -
back l-r: ?????, ?????, ?????, ?????
front l-r: Mrs. Gertrude Perry Reed (abt 1880), Elizabeth Landola Perry Reed (1877-1945), Twila Perry Stormer (abt 1890)
In back row ????? positions unknown: Robert Perry, Harry C. Perry (abt 1894), Clarence Perry and Charles P. (abt 1899)
- Perry photo and obit via Toni Geren - source: Ancestry.com - 6 May 2010 -
Mr. Martin Homer Perry (Blacksmith, shop) (b.1857, Ringgold Twp, PA - died Monday 29 Sept 1930, Ringgold Twp, PA - Age 73)
and Clarissa Jane Perry (née Martz) (abt 1860, PA ) - married 4 May 1878, they had three daughters and four sons
Mrs. Daniel Reed (Gertrude) of Ringgold, PA; Mrs. Calvin Reed (Elizabeth) of Ringgold, PA; Mrs. Lloyd Stormer (Twila) of Toronto, Canada;
Robert and Harry of Warren, PA; Clarence of Plumville, PA and Charles of Brookville, PA
Siblings of Twila as in Census Apr 1910: Harry C. Perry (16) (Barber, shop) (abt 1894, PA)
Charles P. Perry (11) (born 17 Sep 1898, PA - died Jan 1967 - Age 68)
Ms. Twila I. Perry - occupation: Dressmaker at home
Perry family info from 13th US Federal Census 1910, 18 April 1910, Ringgold Township, Jefferson Co., PA, USA
- additional info from familysearch.org and obituary Martin Homer Perry -
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Attestation Paper - 12 May 1941 - enlistment : 27 Jul 1941, RCAF Recruting Centre, Toronto, ON
Education : John Ross Robertson School .... to 1934 , Northern Vocational Institute, Toronto ( 1934-1938)
Technical School: 4 year Auto Mechanics ( 1934-1938) - Junior Matric - Age 21 - Height 5.5 - Weight 132 - Single
12 May 1941 - Occupation: Lead Burner, ass. foreman ( Canada Metal Co. ) - recommended for : Pilot or Observer
Hobbies: woodwork - Sports: baseball, hockey, skating, tennis - Religion: St. Georges United Church of Canada
Lloyd Martin Stormer ( resided ) : 3 year Delaware, 2 year New Jersey, 4 year Pennsylvania and 14 year Ontario
AC2 - 26 Jun 1941, T/Sgt. - 9 May 1942 ( Air Observer badge ), T/F/Sgt. - 9 Nov 1942, T/WO2 - 9 May 1943
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back l-r - Twila Irene Perry Stormer, Charles P. Stormer
front l-r - Lloyd Irvin Stormer, Doris Alene Stormer, Lloyd Martin Stormer
- photo via JoAnne Shively - 08 May 2010 -
06 Sep 1944 - Sister: Doris Alene Stormer (b.1916) - Age 28, 362 Broadway, Toronto, ON
Charles P. Stormer - RCAF
- photo via JoAnne Shively - 08 May 2010 -
His brother was 10601559 - O-887064 - Lt. Charles 'Chas' P. Stormer(b.1917) - Age 27 - 381 BG 535 BS, USA Air Force
enlistment Charles: 02 Dec 1943 as Master Sergeant / Air Corps
16 Jul 1944 - M/Sgt. Charles P. Stormer, navigator assigned from the RCAF last December (1943),
today was discharged and sworn in as a 2nd Lt. This is none too soon.
info : 535th Bomb Sq.- 381st Bomb Group (H) - War diary - Submitted by Cpl. Ray Ingham
27 Aug 1944 - Combat officer - 2nd Lt. Charles P. Stormer promoted to 1st Lt.
22 Nov 1944 - 1st Lt. Charles P. Stormer, Navigator,
who joined us last winter as a M/Sgt, left for home, having completed a duty tour - info : 381BG diaries
RCAF scarf in possession of Sgt. Gordon Clarence Jeffreys
was donated to Museum at RAF Cosford - 11 Dec 1982
likely RCAF scarf of Warrant Officer Class II Lloyd Martin Stormer - info PATS
Air Force Casualties - RCAF - List No. 694 and 972
Globe and Mail, 1943/10/01 - missing - Globe and Mail, 1944/08/28 - missing -
RCAF - Service records - Stormer - request 28 Aug 2009 - received 31 Oct 2009 - PATS -
960685 - Fl.Sgt. - Wireless Operator - Victor Alfred Weaver - RAFVR - Age 26 - MIA
- of Bushbury, Wolverhampton, UK
- Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Panel 139 - CWGC ref. 1531113
Son of Bernard and Ada Grace Weaver of Mossley Hill, Liverpool, UK
husband of Enid Phyllis Annie Weaver ( née Chester ) of Bushbury, Wolverhampton, UK
Victor was a pupil on "Wolverhampton Municipal Secondary School"
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Enid Phyllis Annie Chester - b. 1923 - d. 2009 - daughter of William P. Chester and Martha E. Bird
Siblings of Enid are : William Dennis Chester - b.1916 - died,
Eileen L. Chester - b. 1919 - d. 2009 and Jeanne E. Chester - b. 11 Dec 1928
Fl.Sgt. Victor Alfred Weaver
- image courtesy Dave Perry - 10 Dec 2008 -
Hi PATS,
My aunt's maiden name was Enid Chester, and both she and Vic lived in Bushbury, Wolverhampton
At the time of his death, they had a baby son, Brian
I will see if I can get some more photographs from my aunt for your website
Thank you so much for commemorating the crew in this way
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Dave - 10 December 2008 - 22:23
Hi PATS,
Enid died last year - 2009 - , as did Eileen
Jeanne’s date of birth is 11/12/1928. Their brother Dennis died many years ago
Enid’s son Brian died a couple of years ago now I think
I am waiting for the family to finish sorting Enid’s possessions before enquiring
about any further photographs
I will certainly let you know if any come to light – as I expect they will
I recall Enid showing me a picture of Vic with his crew, so I know some do exist
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Best wishes, Dave - 05 Feb 2010 - 15:43
SGLO - T2849
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Contact Lloyd and Weaver is pending - 10 Dec 2008 - PATS
Contact Purcell is pending - 16 Jul 2009 - PATS
Contact Jeffreys is pending - 07 Aug 2009 - PATS
Contact Stormer is pending - 08 May 2010 - PATS
Contact Longmore is pending - 11 May 2010 - PATS
Last update - 27 Jun 2011 - PATS
Noordoostpolder - Lindeweg - Kavel M-92 -
- 6 mi WNW of Vollenhove -|
SGLO - T3280 Lancaster III - JA902 - JO-D - Mon 03 Jan 1944 - ~01:00 Lindeweg - Kavel M-92 - 2 mi WNW of Marknesse 4 KIA - 3 MIA |
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RAAF 463 Sqdn. - Lancaster - JA902 - JO-D - Operation: Berlin - Mon 03/01/1944
Collage - source : AWN Collection P03621.001 - donor A. Jacobs
Operations Record Book - No. 463 ( R.A.A.F.) Squadron
1944 2/3.1 - Aircraft Lancaster Mk.III JA902 - Crew F/S Weatherill
Bombing-Berlin - Up 23:13 - Down ....... - Aircraft missing - No signals or messages received
Load: 1 x 4000.HC ( 4000lb High Capacity "Cookie" bomb), 900 x 4 lb, 48x30 lb Incends
Lancaster JA902 JO-D information :
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Serial Range JA672 - JB748 This aircraft was one of 550 Lancasters ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton)
late in 1941 and delivered as Mk.IIIs from Jun 1943 to Dec 1943 with Merlin 28 engines initially installed
in early production, Merlin 28 or 38 engines at mid-production, and Merlin 38 englines only on late production
JA902 was delivered to RAAF 467 Sqdn 18 Jul 1943, joining RAAF 463 Sqdn 25 Nov 1943
Took part in the following Key Operations - 15 times total
with RAAF No.467 Sqdn - 7 times :
Hamburg - 24/25 Jul 1943; Hamburg - 27/28 Jul 1943; Peenemünde - 17/18 Aug 1943;
Berlin - 03/04 Sep 1943; Hannover - 18/19 Oct 1943; Berlin - 22/23 Nov 1943;
Berlin - 23/24 Nov 1943
with RAAF No.463 Sqdn as JO-D - 8 times ( All Berlin ):
Berlin - 26/27 Nov 1943 - 463 Sqdns first Lancaster operation;
Berlin - 02/03 Dec 1943; Berlin - 16/17 Dec 1943; Berlin - 20/21 Dec 1943;
Berlin - 23/24 Dec 1943; Berlin - 29/30 Dec 1943; Berlin - 01/02 Jan 1944;
Berlin - 02/03 Jan 1944-Lost
When lost this aircraft had a total of 172 hours
Lancaster Mk. III JA902 did airborne 23:13 - Sunday 02 Jan 1944 from Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK
Crashed into area which was reclaimed to form the Noordoostpolder
Four were buried on various dates in Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery (Overijssel), Holland
The others have no know grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
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Crew: Lancaster - JA902 - JO-D - 03 Jan 1944 - Mission: Berlin
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410021 - Pilot Officer - Pilot - Jack Weatherill - RAAF - Age 20 - KIA
151085 - Flight Officer - Navigator - John Watson Gage - RAFVR - Age 24 - MIA
423290 - Flight Sergeant - Bomb Aimer - Francis Noel Looney - RAAF - Age 20 - KIA
426401 - Flight Sergeant - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - William Donald Toohey - RAAF - Age 22 - MIA
1860362 - Sergeant - Flight Engineer - Albert Edward Cowell - RAFVR - Age 20 - KIA
408054 - Pilot Officer - Mid Upper Gunner - Peter Louis Symonds - RAAF - Age 22 - MIA
417839 - Flight Sergeant - Rear Gunner - Colin Hemingway - RAAF - Age 25 - KIA
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410021 - Pilot Officer - Pilot - Jack Weatherill - RAAF - Age 20 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 627 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820700
Birthplace: 16 Jan 1923 - Coburg, Victoria - Occupation: Blacksmith
Enlistment: 07 Nov 1941, No.1 Recruiting Centre RAAF, - Melbourne - Occupation at time of enlistment: Grocer
Address at time of enlistment : 19 Baxter St., Coburg N13, Victoria, Australia
Embarked: 15 Jan 1943 - Religion: Baptist
Son of Frederick Wallis Weatherill and Annie Louise Weatherill, of Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Jack Weatherill's name is located at Panel 109
in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Frederick Wallis Weatherill (father) was born on 10 Sep 1891 in Hawthorne, Victoria, Australia
He died on 6 Dec 1959 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia - Age 68
He married Annie Louise Lockwood (mother) on 17 Jun 1914/1915 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Annie Louise Lockwood - born 1 Jun 1888, Smethwick, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England - district Kings Norton
She died on 22 Aug 1957, Coburg, Victoria, Australia - Age 69
Service affair of Jack with Miss Joyce Davies, Maidstone, Kent, England
Sister of Jack (only brother) is Mrs. N. Guildford (sister), 127 Corunna Rd, Petersham, N.S.W
Additional info from his RAAF Service record
Coburg is a suburb in Melbourne, Petersham is a suburb in Sydney - info by PATS
Cousin to Desmond Lockwood, American, awarded the 'Purple Heart for Bravery' - Badly wounded
F/S Jack Weatherill and crew posted to RAAF 463 Sqdn. early December 1943 on formation
1st Operation - 2/3 Jan 1944 - to Berlin they were missing
F/S Jack Weatherill was as 2nd Pilot on missions to Berlin on 29/30 Dec 1943 and 1/2 Jan 1944
- info ORB records 463 Sqdn -
151085 - Flight Officer - Navigator - John Watson Gage - RAFVR - Age 24 - MIA
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Panel 206 - CWGC ref. 1270545
Son of Harry Gage and Minnie Louise Gage, 169 Fletton Avenue, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, UK
brother of Philip Gage ( born 1922 ) - mother's surname is found in three ways:
Wootten - marriage with Harry - 4th Qtr. 1914
Wooton - birth of John Watson - 1st Qtr. 1920 - 17 Jan 1920
Wootton - birth of Philip - 2nd Qtr. 1922
Wootten is likely right - Minnie Louisa Wootten - born 1887 - district Peterborough - info PATS
423290 - Flight Sergeant - Bomb Aimer - Francis Noel Looney - RAAF - Age 20 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 628 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820695
Birthplace: 21 Mar 1923 - Kensington, NSW - Occupation: Costing Clerk
enlistment: 20 Jun 1942, No.2 Recruiting Centre RAAF, Sydney, N.S.W. - religion : Roman Catholic - Marital status: Single
Mustering: A/Bomber - date embarked: 2 Nov 1942
Son of John Francis Looney and Viola Doris Looney, of Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia
Address: John Francis Looney Esq., "Lourdes", 6 Mulgray Avenue, Maroubra, Sydney, N.S.W.
Francis Noel Looney's name is located at Panel 109
in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Marriage parents: 1922 - John F. Looney and Viola Doris Wilson - district Chatswood, N.S.W.
Mrs. Viola Doris Looney (d.1969) - Father's name George - Mother's name Sarah - district Sydney, N.S.W.
- bmd info www.bdm.nsw.gov.au -
Great pal of F/S Francis Noel Looney, while on training in Canada, was RAAF 423251 - F/S Patrick James McCosker
born 11 Mar 1923, Inverell, NSW - next of kin: Evelyn McCosker
likely : P/O Patrick James McCosker - 466 Sqn RAAF -
discharge 8 Apr 1946 as F/O (Flying Officer) - Posting at Discharge: 27 Operational Training Unit
Address: Mr. P. K. McCosker (father), No.49, Walter Street, Enfield, Sydney, N.S.W.
Additional info from his RAAF Service record
Contact with Michael Moloney ( nephew ) - 15 Apr 2009
426401 - Flight Sergeant - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner - William Donald Toohey - RAAF - Age 22 - MIA
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Panel 262 - CWGC ref. 1808922
Birthplace: 15 Nov 1921 - Blackall, Qld - Occupation: Railway Employee
enlistment: 20 Jun 1942, No.3 Recruiting Centre RAAF, Brisbane, Qld. - religion : Roman Catholic - Marital status: Single
Mustering: W.O.A.G. - date embarked: 20 Jun 1942
Son of John Joseph Toohey and Gertrude Grace Toohey (née McDonell), of Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Brother of John William Toohey (b.1912) - Nicholas St., Windsor N.3, Brisbane, Q'ld
Former address Mrs. Grace Gertrude Toohey, Main Avenue, Windsor, QLD
William Donald Toohey's name is located at Panel 109
in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Additional info from his RAAF Service record
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Marriage: 1909 - John Toohey to Gertrude Grace McDonell
birth : 1912 - John William Toohey - Father's name: John - Mother's name: Gertrude Grace McDonell
death : 1945 ( is 1944) - William Donald Toohey - Age 22 - Father's name: John Joseph Toohey - Mother's name: Gertrude Grace McDonell
BMD info Toohey from bdm.qld.gov.au
1860362 - Sergeant - Flight Engineer - Albert Edward Cowell - RAFVR - Age 20 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 626 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820691
born 18 Jan 1923, district Lambeth ( Greater London, London and Surrey )
Son of Eric Stephen Cowell and Mary Clarissa Cowell ( née Jones ), of Tooting, London, UK
Albert had no siblings - he was the only child of Eric and Mary
Address Mr. E. S. Cowell in letter of Mr. J. J. Toohey - 22 Jan 1947
Mr. E. S. Cowell, 61 Kenlor Road, Tooting, SW 17, London, England
- source: service records Toohey ( page 5 ) -
From the electoral registers - Mr and Mrs Cowell's names were Eric Stephen Cowell and Mary Clarissa Cowell
They are both registered at 61 Kenlor Road from 1939 to 1953, after which Eric's name disappears
Mary is there until 1973
The fact that Albert is not registered to vote in 1939 suggests he was under 21 at that time,
but I cannot narrow down his age any further
info from Wandsworth Heritage - Battersea Library - via Felix Lancashire, assistant - 16 Sep 2008
408054 - Pilot Officer - Mid Upper Gunner - Peter Louis Symonds - RAAF - Age 22 - MIA
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Panel 259 - CWGC ref. 1808336
Birthplace: 06 Sep 1921 - Devonport, TAS - Occupation: Sheep Farmer
Enlistment: 15 Aug 1940, No.6 Recruiting Centre RAAF, Hobart, Tasmania - Roll of Honour Launceston, TAS
Son of Stanley Le-Plastrier Symonds and Lillian Alice Symonds, 12 Avondale Street, Hampton-Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mustering: G.D. - Embarked: 13 Jun 1941 - Religion: Methodist - Marital status: Single
Friend is F/L Woods
Additional info from his RAAF Service record
ROLL OF HONOUR - University Veterinary School - The University of Melborne
Stanley LePlastrier Symonds (Father), GMVC 1900, BVSc 1913
Major Stanley LePlastrier Symonds, Army Veterinary Hospital (18 December, 1918 - 19 April, 1919)
Listed as a member of the Australian Veterinary Association, 1925 in Bondi, NSW,
in 1926 as Government Veterinary Surgeon in Kuala Lumpur,
in 1928-1929, Launceston, Tasmania from 1932-1940 and Victoria in 1942-1944
- info: vet.unimelb.edu.au/honour/symonds.html -
Brother was 409611 - Pilot - F/O David Stanley Symonds - DFC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
RAAF 467 Squadron - 9-7-43 - Tour ex. 20-3-44 - David was born 20 Mar 1923, Kuala Lumpur, Malay States
Enlistment 12 Sep 1941, Melbourne - Next of kin: Esme Symonds - date of discharge 22 Mar 1946, 36 Squadron
Peter Louis Symonds's name is located at Panel 109
in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
D.F.C. FOR FIVE AUSTRALIANS
'The Canberra Times' - 15 Dec 1943 - F/O David Stanley Symonds
- Hampton instead Hampdon -
417839 - Flight Sergeant - Rear Gunner - Colin Hemingway - RAAF - Age 25 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 625 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820693
Birthplace: 16 Oct 1918 - Henley Beach, SA - Occupation: Clerk
Enlistment: 18 Jul 1942, No.5 Recruiting Centre RAAF, Adelaide, SA - religion : Church of England - Marital status: Single
Mustering: A/Gunner - date embarked: 25 May 1943
Son of Percy Walter Hemingway and Lillian Ethel Hemingway, 8 Liley Street, Hilton, South Australia
Brother of Neva Hemingway (sister)
Colin Hemingway's name is located at Panel 109
in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Additional info from his RAAF Service record
HEROES OF THE EMPIRE - IN MEMORIAM
Newsclips - The Advertiser, Adelaide, SA - 3 Jan 1946 and 2 Jan 1948
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Crashed at 1:30am - Monday 03 Jan 1944 in the Noordoostpolder on "kavel M 92"
- Nowadays - near Lindeweg 13 - see memorial -
Crash-memorial location - 1.5 km NNE of labour camp "Zwolsevaart" also written as "Zwolschevaart"
Section M 92 - aka - "kavel M 92" is 800 x 300 m - "24 bunder = 24 hectare = 24 ha = 240.000 m2"
1 acre = 4047 m2 = 0.4047 ha = 0.4047 bunder ------ 24 bunder = 59.3 acres
Marknesse is 7 km WNW of Vollenhove
Weatherill and Looney were found outside the aircraft wreck. Cowell in the crash crater
Hemingway was found weeks later, entirely under water, in a ditch in the neighbourhood of the a/c
These four (4) were buried on various dates in Vollenhove
The others (3) have no known grave and are commemorated on the "Runnymede Memorial"
All RAAF members (5) are commemorated on Panel 109 of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
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02 Nov 1945 - four images of ANEFO collection - photographer Mr. Theo van Haren Noman
ANEFO = Algemeen NEderlandsch FOtobureau
!!! Note: same head-marker (631 or 630) was used in reverse mode for this photo set-up !!!
There were only two 'head-markers' at that time !!! - grave 631 - Gibbs and 630 - Bond
- see letter and image below - info PATS - 07 Jan 2011
Only two head-markers
17 Sep 1945 - Letter of burgomaster Crommelin to Department of War, The Hague
Graves #631 - Gibbs, #630 - Bond, #629 - Lloyd and #628 - Looney - photo taken in 1945
image of Mr. R. G. Buimer collection - photographer unknown
Contact Looney is pending - 12 Apr 2009 - PATS
Cypher message - 7 June 44 - 14 Feb German Totenliste 197 - confirms
death and burial P/O Weatherill - 627 and F/Sgt. Looney - 628, cemetery Vollenhove
410021 - Pilot Officer (Pilot)
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Contact Weatherill is pending - 08 Mar 2007 - PATS
1860362 - Sergeant (Flight Engineer)
COWELL, ALBERT EDWARDAge : 20 - 18/01/1923 - 03/01/1944 - RAFVR - UNITED KINGDOM |
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DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY - ALBERT COWELL - R.A.A.F. nr. 1860362 - BUR. 1011944
- it's RAFVR instead of RAAF - 1011944 = Buried 10 Jan 1944 - info PATS
- image detail via Ken G. Dunderdale - 17 May 2009 -
Sgt. Flight Engineer - Albert Edward Cowell - RAFVR - 1860362
Albert was the only child of Mr. & Mrs. Cowell - Aged 20 yrs 11 mths
- image/info via Mrs. Martha Krijger ( née Noback ) - 5 Sep 2008 -
Mr. and Mrs. Cowell at the grave of their son - Vollenhove - 1947
l-r : Weatherill - Cowell - Hemingway
- images via Mrs. Bep Jongman ( née Greveling ) - 04 Sep 2008 -
"Ms. Martha Noback behind Albert E. Cowell's grave - Vollenhove - 1947"
l-r : Weatherill - Cowell - Hemingway
- image via Mrs. Bep Jongman ( née Greveling ) - 04 Sep 2008 -
Mr. Eric Stephen Cowell (father) with Martha and Andries Noback at graves - Vollenhove - 1947
Mrs. Mary Clarissa Cowell (mother) - at graves - Vollenhove - 1947
- images via Mrs. Bep Jongman ( née Greveling ) - 04 Sep 2008 -
417839 - Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner)
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Next - Messages about Flight Sergeant Colin Hemingway situation
Cypher Message - 22 April 1944 - RAAF
On 28 Jan 1944 it was stated, that Sgt. Hemingway washed ashore at Zwolsche Vaart
Also the note about Zwolsche Diep as a harbour in Zuider Zee was a question mark
Zwolsche Vaart, a canal, 1.5 km from the crash location
In other files, 29 Jan 1944 is given instead of 28 Jan 1944
In this message he was buried at Grave 225, Row 1
"Inrhe Cemetery in Cremlenhover, Zwolle, Holland"
Message - 10 Jul 1944
German Totenliste No. 207 - Grave 225 - Row 1 - Vollenhove
Buried 2nd February 1944
Message - 27 Nov 1946
Correction - Grave 625 - General Cemetery Vollenhove
( North East ..... Must be WNW - West North West of Vollenhove )
!!!! S E A R C H !!!! email 24 Aug 2008 - 10:12am !!!! S E A R C H !!!!
Request for search of Ms. Bep Greveling, Vollenhove
by Mrs. Shirley Shackleton via Mrs. Endie van Binsbergen
!!! right in the ball park !!!
Mrs. Bep Jongman-Greveling is the mother-in-law of my biking buddy
and lives one block from me away
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Ms. Shirley Doreen Venn (cousin of Colin Hemingway) was exchanging letters and photos with Bep in 1947
after eight years the correspondence stopped ... last contact 1955
"Ms. Bep Greveling near Colin Hemingway's grave"
Cemetery 'De Voorst', Vollenhove - 1947
- image via Mrs. Bep Jongman (née Greveling) - 10 Jun 2011 -
Shirley did met pen-pal Bep personally after 63 years
Cemetery "de Voorst", Vollenhove - Sunday 19 Sep 2010
Mrs. Shirley Shackleton (cousin of Sgt. Colin Hemingway - RAAF)
Colin's mother was my maternal grandfather's sister
They came to Australia from England with their brother Gabriel William
- info Shirley Shackleton (cousin) - 10 Sep 2008 -
"The Circle Of Silence" - by Shirley Shackleton - "Balibo Five"
Plaque in Church of Vollenhove - Crew - Jan 3rd 1944
- unveiled 1947 -
remark: F/Sgt. F. N. Looney - RAAF - is not mentioned on plaque
remark: phrase "VRIJHEID GAVEN ZIJ ZIJ-GEHEEL" supposed to be "VRIJHEID GAVEN ZIJ ZICH GEHEEL"
- plaque was made in the UK - initiative Mr. and Mrs. Cowell -
Memorial JA902 - Lindeweg - 05 May 2011
images by PATS
SGLO - T3280
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Contact Weatherill is pending - 08 Mar 2007 - PATS
Contact Hemingway is pending - 24 Aug 2008 - PATS
Contact Looney is pending - 12 Apr 2009 - PATS
Last updated - 28 Nov 2011 - PATS
Noordoostpolder - Oosterringweg - Marknessse -
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RAF 156 Sqdn. - Lancaster III - JA702-GT-Z - Operation: Berlin - Sun 30/01/1944
crashed ~22:00pm - while heading to RAF Warboys, UK
was over target - info W. W. Cottam - Dec 2000
clip - Operational Record Book (ORB) of 156 (Pathfinder) Squadron RAF
source: www.156squadron.com - by Robin Riley
remark: Sgt. Race A. G. A. in this clip - It's Sgt. Race G. A. - info 9 Apr 2009 - PATS
Sixteen 156th Squadron Lancasters went on this mission to Berlin
Departing from 17:05 to 17:33 from RAF Airfield Warboys, UK. Lancaster JA702 was number four in line
2 returned ( JA673 and ND358 ) early due mechanic problems at 20:18 and 20:34
while the rest went over the target around 20:20 ( 20:13 - 20:33 )
JA702 and JB302 were missing, while the other 12 returned around 23:30 ( 23:06 - 23:52 )
Lancaster - JB302 - GT-W was shot down by a night fighter while operating over the target area - 3 KIA - 4 POW
When JA702 was lost it had a total of 95 hours
Airborne: 17:08 - 30th of January 1944 from RAF Warboys, UK - Bomb Load: 5 x 2000 KG
Lancaster JA702 attacked by a NJG1 night fighter near Vollenhove became out of control into a dive
Together with Flight Engineer and Bomb Aimer the Pilot was able to get the nose up
while gaining height the skipper ordered: "Bale out" ...... at the same moment the aircraft broke up
Cottam and Coyne were simply fallen earthwards. The rest was trapped in the remaining pieces
Crashed - ~22:00 - Noordoostpolder, just north where the village of Marknesse now stands - Oosterringweg 3
Those killed were buried 9th of February 1944 in Stad-Vollenhove General Cemetery
Sgt. W. W. Cottam and Sgt. P. Coyne did evade for six months, but were captured on 7 Aug 1944 in Antwerp - Belgium
Debris from the crash site was found during March 1973
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Crew: Lancaster - JA702 - GT-Z 'ZEBRA' - 30 Jan 1944 - Mission: Berlin
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NZ416543 - Pilot Officer - Pilot - John Edward Rule - RNZAF - Age 28 - KIA
1510799 - Sergeant - Navigator - William Winston Cottam - RAF - Age 22 - EVD - POW
972772 - Sergeant - W.Operator / Air Gunner - Patrick "Paddy" Coyne - RAF - Age 29 - EVD - POW
1726836 - Sergeant - Flight Engineer - Edward Arthur Shorter - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
658450 - Flight Sergeant - Bomb Aimer / 2nd Navigator - Kenneth Richard "Dick" Ball - RAF - Age 30 - KIA
998929 - Sergeant - Mid Upper Air Gunner - George Albert Race - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
1552498 - Sergeant - Rear Air Gunner - John Johnstone Sloan - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
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NZ416543 - Pilot Officer - Pilot - John Edward Rule - RNZAF - Age 28 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 622 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820697
born 28 Apr 1916, Masterton - occupation: hairdresser - religion: Methodist
Son of Mr. Edward and Mrs. Elizabeth Annie Rule (née Allen), 269 Ponsonby Road, Auckland City, New Zealand
Primary school - Ponsonby School - 1921 - 1929
Received his secondary education - 1930 - 1931 - at Seddon Memorial Technical College, Auckland,
and later continued his studies by night classes - 1932 - at the same institution
He played tennis and was also interested in swimming and yachting. After leaving school
he was employed in the hairdressing trade and was employed by his father at the time
of making application for enlistment - 30 Nov 1941 - in aircrew on 28 Apr 1941
Signature - Attestation paper - John Edward Rule - 28 Apr 1941
Embarked for the United Kingdom on 16 Sep 1942
Arrived at No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth, Dorset Co., UK on 19 Nov 1942
On 6 Aug 1943 he was posted to No. 103 Squadron, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, UK
Early in October 1943 Pilot Officer Rule was posted to the Pathfinder Force
P/O Rule was on his 14th operation for RAF 156 Squadron
#1 mission - 18 Oct 1943 - Lancaster ED859 - Crew Rule - Hannover, Germany
Prior he had 11 operations with RAF 103 Squadron
RNZAF - Service records - Rule - request 28 Aug 2009 - received 05 Oct 2009 - PATS -
1510799 - Sergeant - Navigator - William Winston Cottam - RAF - Age 22 - EVD - POW
born 13 May 1921, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, UK - died Jan 2008 - Age 86
POW No. 564 - Stalag Luft 7 and Stalag III-A
First en Middle name - info 24 February 2009 - Jan van der Wal
19 January 1945 - evacuation from Stalag Luft 7 - begins in blizzard conditions
1,500 prisoners were forced to march and then loaded onto cattle trucks and taken to Stalag III-A
This central route started from Stalag Luft 7 at Bankau, near Kreuzburg in Silesia (now Poland)
via Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, to Stalag VIII-A Görlitz, ended at Stalag III-A at Luckenwalde, 30 km south of Berlin
- info via wikipedia -
Sergeant William Winston Cottam
- courtesy Cottam family -
- Sgt. William Winston Cottam - RAF -
- left image courtesy Cottam family - middle image taken by resistance - 1944
- right image - collage with 44 evaders -
- helped by Underground Friesland - Cottam and Coyne 'highlighted' - was on display at Verzetsmuseum Friesland -
The 1st assigned Pilot - so called 'driver' - was killed while on his 1st sortie as 2nd Pilot
their missing friend was replaced after a week by 'Jock' Cairns a Scot, unassuming and quiet
F/O Cairns was with 150 Squadron and won his DFM after 35 sorties - 23 Oct 1942
Sgt. Cottam flew a total of 11 operations - 9 times (#1 - #9) with crew Cairns
Bill Cottam - Mision #1 - 20 Oct 1943 - Leipzig - crew posted from 21 OTU
Charles Gordon Cairns with crew Ken Law - 29 Apr 1942
27 Apr 1942 Operation Cologne - attacked by ME110 - A/C on fire for a while - belly landed 28 Apr 1942
Photo taken the next morning with the crew lined up by Wellington X3450 'Y'
l-r: Jack Fox (Nav), Gordon Cairns (2nd Pilot), Ken Law (Captain), Sam Weller (Rear Gunner),
Jock Briggs ( W.Op. /Air Gunner) and Bertie 'Bing' Cosby (Front Gunner)
source image: Ken Law's collection, via Pam O'Connor (daughter)
more photos of this event at page 4 of cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Ken Law.htm
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1024003 - 135871 - F/O - Pilot - Charles Gordon Cairns - RAFVR - 46 ops - DFM
Son of Alfred Charles and Adeline Sarah Cairns, of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Age 23 - † - 3 Jan 1944 - Panel 204 - CWGC ref. 1531043 - MIA
1510799 - Sgt. - Navigator - William 'Bill' Winston Cottam - 11 ops - Age 22
10601403 - T/Sgt. - Bomb Aimer - Jack F. Haywood - RCAF - USAAF - 11 ops
Age 27 - † - 3 Jan 1944 - A-7-18 - Neupre cemetery, Belgium
born 1916 - nativity West Virginia, USA
Son of Mr. Edward Haywood and Mrs. P. Jean Haywood, 217 W. Cunnningham, Butler City, Butler Co., PA - Apr 1930 -
Sibling: Edward Vernard Haywood - Note: Jack F. Haywood = Jack V. Haywood in US Census Apr 1930
Address 1944 - Mr. and Mrs. Edward Haywood, 130 Morewood Ave, Oakland, Allegheny Co., PA, USA
Memorialized at Cambridge American Cemetery - Cambridge, England - WWII Memorial - USA
1321632 - Sgt. - Wireless Operator - Charles 'Charlie' Thomas Richard Morris - RAFVR - 11 ops -
Son of Mr. Thomas Richard and Mrs. Florence Morris, of Margate, district Thanet, Kent, UK
husband of Mrs. Kathleen Morris ( née Phillpott ), of Margate, district Thanet, Kent, UK
Marriage of Charles Thomas Richard Morris and Kathleen Phillpott, 1st Qtr. 1942, district Thanet, Kent
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Age 30 - † - 3 Jan 1944 - Panel 234 - CWGC ref. 1077195 - MIA
1685635 - Sgt. - Flight Engineer - Henry 'Harry' Martin - RAFVR - 11 ops
born 1st Qtr. 1922 - mother's surname Quinney - district Liverpool
Son of Mr. Joseph Francis A. Martin and Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Martin ( née Quinney ), of Huyton, Lancashire
Marriage of Joseph Francis A. Martin and Elizabeth Ann Quinney, 3rd Qtr. 1908, district West Derby, county of Lancashire
Siblings are George - b.1913, Peter - b.1919, William J. - b.1924, Winifred - b.1926, Veronica - b.1928 and b. Elizabeth A. Martin - b.1930
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Age 21 - † - 3 Jan 1944 - Panel 234 - CWGC ref. 1080045 - MIA
771053 - 104901 - Sgt. - Mid Upper Air Gunner - Charles Norman 'Bill' Basker - RAFVR - 41 ops - Age 28
Charles N. Basker - born 1st Qtr. 1915 - mother's surname Perkins - district Spalding, Lincolnshire
brother of Edna B. Basker - born 4 Qtr. 1912 - mother's surname Perkins - district Spalding, Lincolnshire
marriage: 2nd Qtr. 1934 - Edna B. Basker to Neville G. Drewery - district Spalding, Lincolnshire
Service numbers and family info might be wrong !!!!
Sure is C. N. Basker - ORB RAF 156 Squadron - 'Bill' Basker is from Cottam records
1236027 - Sgt. - Rear Air Gunner - Edward 'Ted' John Sutton - RAFVR - 9 ops
born 1st Qtr. 1923 - mother's surname Cartwright - district Shoreditch
Son of Mr. Albert Edward and Mrs. May Caroline Sutton ( née Cartwright ), of Hornsey, London, UK
brother of Lillian K. Sutton ( b. 1919, district Shoreditch )
Marriage of Albert Edward Sutton and May Caroline Cartwright, 3rd Qtr. 1908, district Shoreditch
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Age 21 - † - 3 Jan 1944 - Panel 238 - CWGC ref. 1808265 - MIA
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Sgt. Harry Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-r : Bill Cottam, ???, ???, Harry Martin, nnn - 1943 . . . . . . .
- photos courtesy Joan Smythe, niece of Harry Martin -
l-r : nnn, ???, Harry Martin, xxx - . . . . . . . . . . . l-r : ???, ???, Bill Cottam, ???, xxx, ??? . . . . . . . 1943
Harry Martin and Bill Cottam while with crew Cairns
- left - courtesy Joan Smythe - right courtesy Cottam family -
xxx = T/Sgt. Jack F. Haywood - RCAF / US Air Force ( since 7 Sep 1943 ) - info PATS
T/Sgt. Jack Vernand Haywood - see US Census 1930 - info PATS
What should be his #10 and #11 operation with crew Cairns he was replaced of being ill with tonsillitis
unfortunately all killed on that #11 mission - 3 Jan 1944 - to Berlin with Lancaster - ND380 - GT-T of 'TOMMY'
Like Bill Cottam also Bill Basker was not on the fatal flight and survived the war with 41 ops
81376 - Flight Lieutenant - Navigator - Robert Charles Blockey - RAFVR - 2 ops - did replace Bill Cottam
born 1st. Qtr. 1910 - mother's surname Knight - district Camberwell, UK
Son of Mr. Albert Joseph and Mrs. Eveline Mabel Blockey ( née Knight ); husband of Irene Mary Blockey
brother of Miss Eveline K. Blockey ( b. 1914, district Bromley )
Marriage Albert Joseph Blockey and Eveline Mabel Knight - 2nd Qtr. 1901 - district Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Age 34 - † - 3 Jan 1944 - Panel 201 - CWGC ref. 1529974
1391128 - F/Sgt. - Mid Upper Air Gunner - Jesse Presley Robert Mount - RAFVR - 3 ops - MID - did replace C. N. 'Bill' Basker
born 1st Qtr. 1922 - ? Jesse G. H. Mount ? - mother's surname Dewberry - district Bromley, UK
Son of Mr. Jesse Robert and Mrs. Daisy Jane Mount ( née Dewberry ), of Herne Bay, Kent
Marriage of Jesse Robert Mount and Daisy Jane Dewberry - 1st Qtr. 1912 - district Bromley, UK
Commemorated Runnymede Memorial - Age 21 - † - 3 Jan 1944 - Panel 220 - CWGC ref. 1077329
10601403 - T/Sgt. Jack F. Haywood, Oakland, Allegheny Co., PA, USA - born 1916, WV - originally joined RCAF
and subsequently transfered 7 Sep 1943 to the American 8th Airforce but continued to fly with the RAF
T/Sgt. Jack F. Haywood - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 3 Feb 1944
Bill Cottam - Mission #10 - 28 Jan 1944 - Berlin and #11 - 30 Jan 1944 - Berlin with crew Rule
Navigators 156 Squadron - with Sgt. William Winston Cottam - 4th of right - back row
- courtesy Cottam family -
Mrs. van Leeuwen - Dr. van Leeuwen - Paddy Coyne - Bill Cottam - Oostermeer - 1944
- images courtesy Cottam family -
Cottam and Coyne were transfered in an ambulance from Vollenhove
to Oostermeer [Eastermar in Frisian] near Bergum [Burgum in Frisian]
Late July they left Oostermeer at 08:00am and took the train at the nearest station
via Leeuwarden, Zwolle to 's-Hertogenbosch
Both could practice their bicycle skills while following the last guide on the final leg
for that day, reaching their destination just before curfew time
Both taken POW - 7 Aug 1944, Antwerp. Brought to the prison at Brussels and had their POW intake
one week later at interrogation centre Dulag Luft West, Oberursel near Frankfurt, Germany
clip - Luchtoorlog/Air war in Tietjerksteradeel
- via Jan van der Wal - 01 Sep 2010
Persons involved are Oerselman, Rev. P. P. Miedema in Rottevalle, Dr. A. C. van Leeuwen in Oostermeer
fam. Spaander in Oostermeer (neighbours of van Leeuwen's), Teacher Stoffelsma, Tije van der Laan
and daughter of Stoffelsma who arranged English lecture in Leeuwarden
Americans with family Spaander are from B-24H "Portland Anne" - 8 Mar 1944, Den Oosterhuis
Co-Pilot - 2nd Lt. - William Henry Hammond - EVD-POW
Tail Gunner - S/Sgt. - Michael Kopcza - EVD-POW
According memoirs (Dec 2000) of W. W. Cottam they were transfered by ambulance in the evening of 1 Feb 1944
Early morning of 2 Feb 1944 they were in Oostermeer with Doctor van Leeuwen and his wife
original text from - "From Kirkham to Krakov" - W. W. Cottam - Dec 2000
............... We were now taken out of the police station and to our surprise put into an ambulance.
Our friends, including the policeman and the doctor shook hands with us, wished us good luck,
closed the ambulance doors and off we went into the night. The journey, I estimated, took about two hours
until the ambulance stopped in a small town, which I later discovered was Bergum.
Hustled into a house by the man who accompanied the driver of the ambulance,
we were asked to take off our uniforms and put on any of the civilian clothes laid out which would
be a reasonable fit. Thus within ten minutes of arriving in the house we were transformed into civilians.
By now it was the early hours of the morning but our travels were not yet over.
Back into the ambulance and a short drive and once again taken out and walked up a driveway
to a detached house. Here we were greeted by the occupant and his wife.
The ambulance and its crew departed and we were left, strangers in a strange house,
and without the least idea where we were.
Our new residence was the house of the local doctor and we were to remain under his roof for the next six months.
Fortunately the doctor had a reasonable command of English and taking us into the living room
introduced us to a young Dutchman who was also living with the Van Leeuwen family. ............
original text from - "From Kirkham to Krakov" - W. W. Cottam - Dec 2000
Clips - Dulag-Luft. Kriegsgefangenenkartel. - Cottam - 14 Aug 1944
- courtesy Cottam family -
Transfered to Stalag Luft 7 - Bankau
Liberation of Stalag III-A - Luckenwalde - Sunday 22 April 1945
Clip ID card - Cottam, W. W. - Stalag Luft 7 - Bankau - POW No. 564 -
- courtesy Cottam family -
Caterpillar Club - Membership Card - Sgt. W. W. Cottam
16 Apr 1945 - Card from 'Irvin Air Chute Ltd.' to Mrs. Cottam, mother
- courtesy Cottam family -
After Leslie Irvin’s 1919 successful first parachute jump, any person from that time on
who jumped from a disabled aircraft with a parachute became a member of the Caterpillar Club
The Club was named after the caterpillar for several reasons
The parachute main sail and lines were woven from the finest silk
The worm spins a cocoon, crawls out and flies away from certain death, if it remains in sight of the cocoon
- source Irvin Aerospace -
972772 - Sergeant - W. Op./Air Gunner - Patrick "Paddy" Coyne - RAF - Age 29 - EVD - POW
POW No. 566 - Stalag Luft 7 and Stalag III-A
born 12 Dec 1914 - died 14 Feb 2001 'Valentine's Day', Penticton, BC, Canada - Age 86
It seems that Coyne and Cottam were hidden by the underground near Drachten
- First en Nickname - info 24 February 2009 - Jan van der Wal -
- Sgt. Patrick "Paddy" Coyne - - - - | - - - - Paddy Coyne - mid 80's -
- Bermondsey-London, Surrey, UK - - | - - - - - - Penticton, BC, Canada -
- image taken by resistance - 1944 - - | - - - - via 'van Leeuwen' family -
Sgt. Coyne (Irish) flew a total of 14 operations - all with 'Kiwi' skipper F/O Rule
#1 mission - 18 Oct 1943 - Lancaster ED859 - crew Rule - Hannover, Germany
Flew all 14 missions together with Sgt. Ted Shorter and Sgt. Jock Sloan (Scottish)
Eight times with Sgt. Albert Race, last five with F/Sgt. Dick Ball and last two missions with Sgt. Bill Cottam
Paddy Coyne's Evasion and POW story is simular to Bill Cottam's story
Paddy Coyne and Bill Cottam - late July - early August 1944
at Mr. de Cock's house in Kaatsheuvel - Hoofdstraat 209, Province of North-Brabant
Preparing their meal on the sundeck
Patrick Coyne and William Cottam arrived 31 Jul 1944 and left 3 Aug 1944 the house of Simon de Cock
Mr. Simon de Cock moved to New Zealand [ as he lived there in 1984 ]
- courtesy Cottam family -
Mr. Simon de Cock - member of "Groep André" - Underground mid-region Brabant
Cottam #72 and Coyne #73 on list(94) of "Groep André"
Transfered to Stalag Luft 7 - Bankau
Liberation of Stalag III-A - Luckenwalde - Sunday 22 April 1945
After the war Patrick and Molly Coyne were emigrating to Canada
Paddy Coyne was an Irishman, while Molly was from Scotland
Mrs. Mary "Molly" Coyne - born 1914 - died 30 Jul 2009 - Age 94
658450 - Flight Sergeant - Bomb Aimer / 2nd Navigator - Kenneth Richard "Dick" Ball - RAF - Age 30 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 624 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820689
Son of Ernest R. and Araue Ball, of Gravesend, Kent, UK
brother of Irene Ball and Muriel Ball
!!! be aware !!! First name 'Araue' on CWGC is wrong (misread) .... should be 'Annie'
!!! be aware !!! In birth registrations of Kenneth and his two sisters .... the surname is Balls
The 's' was dropped somewhere on the line
- info by PATS - 22 May 2010 -
Dick with his sisters Muriel and Irene
Writing backside photo - Sept 1943 - In the garden at 55 -
right image: Sister Muriel Ball at the pier
- images from Muriel Ball's album - via Ken Dunderdale - 17 May 2009 -
Dick Ball (middle) with other unknown RAF Navigators/Observers
- image from Muriel Ball's album - via Ken Dunderdale - 18 Jun 2009 -
RAF Officer Cadet Dick Ball (right) with unknown RAF Airman (left)
Royal Air Force Officer Cadets wear a one inch wide white band on all non-ceremonial uniforms
- image from Muriel Ball's album - via Ken Dunderdale - 26 May 2009 -
F/Sgt. Ball flew a total of 13 operations - the last 5 ( #9 - #13 ) with crew Rule
#1 mission - 12 Aug 1943 - Lancaster EE118 - crew Peters - Milan, Italy
Out of the 13 operations, Berlin was 8 times the target
RAF 658450 - F/Sgt. K. R. Ball - 30 Jan 1944
Iron grave marker at General Cemetery Stad-Vollenhove
1st = Wooden grave marker, 2nd = Iron grave marker, 3rd = Stone grave marker ( as it is nowadays )
- image from Muriel Ball's album - via Ken Dunderdale - 18 Jun 2009 -
- all scans are done by Chris Sandall - friend of Ken Dunderdale -
first name 'A' is incorrrect - it's 'K.R' - A. Ball ( mother is Mrs. Araue / Annie Ball )
This photo is quite unique for me, first time seen this kind of memorial for Vollenhove - info 18 Jun 2009 - PATS
!!! Mystery mother's first name Araue solved !!! . . . . . it's Annie
after Kenneth Dunderdale did point me to Balls instead Ball - 22 May 2010
Araue was called 'Nancy' by the family
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birth: 2nd Qtr. 1881 - Ernest Rockhill Balls - district Blything, Suffolk, UK
Marriage: 3rd Qtr. 1909 - Ernest Rockhill Balls to Annie Raggett - district Strood, Kent
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birth: 2nd Qtr. 1911 - Irene M. Balls - mother's name Raggett - district Gravesend, Kent, UK
birth: 2nd Qtr. 1914 - Kenneth R. Balls - mother's name Raggett - district Gravesend, Kent, UK
birth: 2nd Qtr. 1916 - Muriel E. Balls - mother's name Raggett - district Gravesend, Kent, UK
- info freebmd.org.uk -
Irene wasn't married, Muriel married twice - info Ken Dunderdale - 22 May 2010
1726836 - Sergeant - Flight Engineer - Edward Arthur Shorter - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 623 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820698
born 4th Qtr. 1922 - mother's surname : Norcutt - district West Ashford, Kent, UK
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Shorter ( née Norcutt ), of Slough, Buckinghamshire, UK
sister Margaret E. Shorter born 2nd Qtr. 1925 - mother's surname : Norcutt - district West Ashford, Kent, UK
marriage Edward H. Shorter - Ada A. Norcutt - East Ashford [Kent] - 3rd Qtr. 1920 - info by Sandra
likely Mr. Edward Hutchinson Shorter - born 2nd Qtr. 1896 - district West Ashford, Kent
likely Mrs. Ada Agnes Norcutt - born 2nd Qtr. 1895 - district Cookham, Berkshire
Sgt. Ted Shorter flew a total of 14 operations - all with crew Rule
#1 mission - 18 Oct 1943 - Lancaster ED859 - crew Rule - Hannover, Germany
There is photo with Shorter, Race, Sloan, Rule, Ball, Evans and Coyne - info 04 Oct 2009
Photo received via Coyne family - 4 Oct 2009
1552498 - Sergeant - Rear Air Gunner - John Johnstone Sloan - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 621 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820699
born 07 Dec 1921, Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
Son of Robert and and Margaret May Arbuckle Sloan ( née Smith ), of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, UK
Sgt. Sloan flew a total of 16 operations
#1 - 7 Oct 1943 - Stuttgart and #2 - 8 Oct 1943 - Hannover - Lancaster LM344 with crew Redfern
the remaining 14 ( #3 - #16 ) with crew Rule
Crew Redfern - all killed with Lancaster JB179 GT-F - 2 Dec 1943 - mission Berlin
Sergeant - John Johnstone Sloan - RAFVR - Rear Air Gunner
- courtesy Sloan family - 15 Sep 2009 -
right image - retouch by PATS - 17 Oct 2009
998929 - Sergeant - Mid Upper Air Gunner - George Albert Race - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 620 - Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820696
born 3rd Qtr. 1921 - mother's surname Womack - district Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK
Son of Albert and Laura Race ( née Womack ), of East Moor, district Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK
Sgt. Race flew a total of 8 operations - all with crew Rule
#1 mission - 10 Nov 1943 - Lancaster JA909 - crew Rule - Modane, France
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Operation and target info: www.156squadron.com - by Robin Riley
Lancaster crew - Albert Race - 2nd Right - on wing - likely 1943
Lancaster with code K2
- image via John, cousin of Albert Race - 31 Dec 2008 -
Lancaster crew - John Sloan - 3rd Right - on wing - likely 1943
- image via Gordon, nephew of John Sloan - 16 Sep 2009 -
- - - Rule - - - - Coyne - - - - - Evans - - - - ?????? - - - - - Sloan - - - - Race - - - - - Shorter - -
Lancaster crew - John Sloan - 3rd Right - in front Lancaster K2 - likely 1943
4th Right is wearing 'wing' - Pilot - ( same person as in cockpit at other image )
- image via Gordon, nephew of John Sloan - 16 Sep 2009 -
Here the 3rd photo I found of this photo session
Gladly, Patrick 'Paddy' Coyne did wrote the names on the back
Crew Rule in front in front of Lancaster K2 on a 4000lb High Capacity "Cookie" bomb - likely 1943
Ted Shorter, Alan Race, Jock Sloan, Jack Rule, ??Ken Ball?? , Charlie Evans and Pat Coyne
- names as given on photo W#73469 by Pat Coyne ( incl. misspellings ) -
According writing on back of photo 3rd of right is given as Ken Ball ( added later with black pen ), but it's not Ball !!!!
Charlie Evans not on Berlin mission of 30 Jan 1944 - replaced by Cottam
- courtesy Coyne family - 4 Oct 2009 -
658450 - Flight Sergeant (Navigator)
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Ms. Martha Noback and her brother Andries Noback behind the graves - Vollenhove - 1947
Graves - l-r : Weatherill - Cowell - Hemingway - Ball - Shorter
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1726836 Sergeant (Flight Engineer)
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416543 - Pilot Officer (Pilot)
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Got this bio from Errol Martyn,
Author of "For Your Tomorrow" - Vols 1 and 2 - ( Vol 3 in production )
A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving
with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915
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From my soon to be published Volume Three:
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RULE, Pilot Officer John Edward
NZ416543; b Masterton 28 Apr 16; Seddon Mem TColl, Auckland; hairdresser - with father at Auckland.
RNZAF Levin/ITW as Airman Pilot u/t 30 Nov 41, 4EFTS 11 Jan 42, 1SFTS 8 Mar 42 [hosp 19-22 Mar],
Pilots Badge [wef 15.6.42] & Sgt. 5 Sep 42, att RAF & emb for UK 16 Sep 42,
3PRC [redesignated 11PD&RC c.28 Dec] 19 Nov 42 [att 9EFTS in Jan 43],
3(P)AFU 8 Feb 43 [att 1531BATF for c.1 wk in Mar], 30OTU (Wellington) 13 Apr 43,
1667HCU (Halifax, Lancaster) 1 Jul 43, 103 Sqn (Lancaster - 11 ops) 6 Aug 43,
156 Sqn (Lancaster - 14 ops) 5 Oct 43 [att PFFNTU (Lancaster) c.5-? Oct], Comm 14 Jan 44,
kao 30 Jan 44. Vollenhove (Stad-Vollenhove) General Cemetery - 3.4.622, Overijssel, Netherlands.
Son of Edward & Elizabeth Annie Rule (née Allen), Auckland. [phot. TWN 12.4.44].
TWN = The Weekly News, a New Zealand paper that featured an illustrated section.
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Errol Martyn - 14 May 2008
1552498 - Sergeant (Air Gunner)
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Sergeant - John Johnstone Sloan was born 7 Dec 1921, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland
His parents, Robert Sloan and Margaret May Arbuckle Smith,
married 31 Aug 1921, 171 Main Street, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Robert Sloan was born 21 Sep 1899, Glasgow Road, Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
He died 13 Sep 1976, 36 St Steven's Ave, Cathkin-Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret was born 28 Nov 1899, 81 Meadow Park Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
She died 5 Oct 1970, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children of Robert Sloan [ Steelwork Labourer ] and Margaret May Arbuckle Smith
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John Johnstone Sloan - Male - Age - 22
Birth: 07 Dec 1921, Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
Death: 30 Jan 1944, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Netherlands
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William Arbuckle Sloan - Male - Age 68
Birth: 09 Dec 1923, Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
Death: 31 Jan 1992, Maidstone, Kent, England
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Thomas Sloan - Male - Age 75
Birth: 03 Mar 1925, Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
Death: 20 Mar 2000, Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
Married : Anne Marie Schoning in Germany in 1947
Father of Gordon Werner Sloan
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Robert Sloan - Male - Age ..
Birth: 24 Sep 1928, 171 Main Street, Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
Married, moved to Canada - early 60's -
Deceased, Toronto, Canada
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Margaret May Sloan - Female - Age 68
Birth: 02 May 1930, Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland
Death: 11 Oct 1999, Lesmahagow, Lanark, Scotland
Married Donald MacMillan in 1950, Cambuslang
Mother of John Robert MacMillan
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- info www.familysearch.org -
- additional info [ Thomas, Robert and Margaret ] via Patricia 'Trish' Irving - 19 Aug 2009 -
made contact with next of kin - Gordon Werner Sloan, nephew - 20 Aug 2009 - PATS
Hi Teunis,
Thanks for your information regarding my uncle, John Sloan,
I have found your information facinating as it is all new to me,
I knew he had been killed while serving in action during WWII and was buried in Holland but not much more.
I have spoken to my sisters who I believe have a photograph of John in Military uniform,
I will scan and send as soon as I get the photo.
Many thanks for your e-mail
Gordon Sloan - 20 Aug 2009
998929 - Sergeant (Air Gunner)
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Sister Eileen D. (72) and brother Donald A. (82) at grave of Sgt. George Albert Race
- cemetery Vollenhove - May 2007 -
detail - Memorial Marknesse - unveiled 20 Sept 2007
Note: Error on memorial - F/Sgt. S. K. R. Ball
Photo modified to F/Sgt. K. R. Ball - info PATS
"In Loving Memory Of A Dear Brother"
Donald, Raymond, Malcolm, Eileen + Moira
Flowers bouquet - Race - Cemetery Vollenhove - 05 May 2011
SGLO - T3342
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Contact Race is pending - 18 May 2007 - PATS
Contact Cottam is pending - 30 Mar 2009 - PATS
Contact Ball is pending - 21 Apr 2009 - PATS
Contact Coyne is pending - 20 May 2009 - PATS
Contact Sloan is pending - 20 Aug 2009 - PATS
Last update - 27 Jun 2011 - PATS -
Share Your Thoughts - Veterans Affairs Canada - Brenda
Now, later, after I got the email from Brenda Gibbs
to help here when she was visiting her uncle Jack's war grave in Vollenhove,
I did a lot of research to find the most of Jack Edward Gibbs and his crew
Not only Jack's crew, but also the details of other crashes near Vollenhove
during World War II came in the picture.
In some books of Vollenhove they will say in a few lines and dates
what was going around in the 1940-1945 period
My goal is to extend those lines and dates with more detail !!!
At first I tried to find more info about the 12 Commonwealth War Graves in Vollenhove
Those 12 men are from 4 planes - see also above -
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Summary - Vollenhove :
25 airmen were involved with these 4 planes12 KIA - buried at Vollenhove - 4 KIA - buried at Oud-Leusden - 7 MIA - 2 POW
About the two POW's - Cottam & Coyne of JA702 I don't have
any further info yet, if they made it to liberation !! Hopefully they did
According to the POW list on "Rafcommands" and not be mentioned in the "CWGC" database
they must have been liberated and repatriated to the UK
Any info about Cottam and Coyne is welcome - 20 November 2008 - PATS -
W. W. Cottam and P. Coyne were first in hands of the resistance
ID-photo's are in a "resistance" collage at Verzetsmuseum, Leeuwarden - on display till 1 Jun 2009
Contact Cottam is pending - 30 Mar 2009 - PATS -
Last update - 23 Sep 2010 - PATS -
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After the war fourteen (14) reinterred at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten-NL
Later, four (4) were brought back to the United States
Clip of letter - 17 Sep 1945 - Mayor of Vollenhove to Department of War in The Hague
Roy D. Beukelman in Grave No. 603, while "Unknown" from same plane in Grave No. 604
So S/Sgt. Laurich or Sgt. Eaton from "Crew" Garrett is buried in Grave No. 604
Below - list of the other 24 graves - General Cemetery Vollenhove
"Unknown" in Grave No. 604 is Flt. Engineer - S/Sgt. - John J. Laurich - 04 Mar 2008 - PATS -
Gotha G.IV 1065/16 - 'Englandflieger' -
In the same letter - 17 Sept 1945 - There is also mentioned a German Airmen - WW I -
buried ? 29 Sept 1917 ? , Emil Haes - born 29 Sept 1890 - in Grave No. 570 - Vollenhove Cemetery
Reinterred in Ysselsteyn, Limburg, The Netherlands - German "Soldatenfriedhof " - Section 1914-1918 - Block A Grab 23
one of the 85 Germans of WW I buried at the largest War cemetery - 28 ha - 31598 Graves
- info - 12 Dec 2008 - PATS -
- burial date is questionable - see below 'NRC' paper clippings -
German "Soldatenfriedhof " - Ysselsteyn - Section 1914-1918 - Heinz Schreiber - Emil Haes
- images via Mariëtte Hendriks - Volksbund.de - 17 Sep 2009 -
Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant - 17 Oct 1917 -
16 Oct 1917 - Vollenhove - German Airmen brought to Vollenhove by fishermen
- burial date of 29 Sept 1917 is wrong - info PATS -
- according newsclip - found 16 Oct 1917 - but it's 15 Oct 1917 ( Archive Stad-Vollenhove )
- info 'newsclip' from 'Koninklijke Bibliotheek' - via Frits Gerdessen - 6 Feb 2009 -
Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant - 19 Oct 1917 -
18 Oct 1917 - Vollenhove - Burial unknown German Airmen with Military Funeral Honor
- Name still unknown - but it's Emil Haes - info PATS -
- info 'newsclip' from 'Koninklijke Bibliotheek' - via Frits Gerdessen - 6 Feb 2009 -
German Flyer, Emil Haes ( Haas ), was found 15 Oct 1917 by fishermen of Vollenhove
VN 90 - Johannes Tukker aka "Kwart" and his help Jurrien Jongman aka "Höttien"
He was brought to Vollenhove - Prov. of Overijssel
Johannes Tukker b.~1883 - fisherman - marriage - 02 Dec 1905 - Age 22 - Geertje van der Linde - Stad-Vollenhove
Jurrien Jongman b.~1882 - fisherman's help - marriage - 11 Apr 1908 - Age 26 - Lena Jongman - Stad-Vollenhove
roots info via www.genlias.nl
- info fishermen 'VN 90' - via Jan Schuurman, Anton J. Vis 'Dibbes' and Jacob Jongman ( Son of Jurrien ) - 07 Nov 2009
Schokker / Schuit VN90 - Johannes Tukker aka "Kwart" - photo taken in the 40's
courtesy Hans "Hannes" Tukker ( grandson ) - Oct 2002 -
"Kwart", "Höttien" - those are "nicknames" - very common for that time
Most first and surnames were equal, the "nickname" was more accurate - info PATS - 08 Nov 2009
Clip - payslip 30 Jan 1918 - reward of finding and cost of burial "Duitschen Vliegenier in 1917"
Total amount was Fl. 179.79 ( 179 Guilders / 79 cent )
- info archive no.775 - Stad-Vollenhove - 30 Jan 1918 - via Klaas Boes, Alb.Zn
Name is according letter of "Kaiserlich Deutsche Gesandtschaft" - Haag, den 7 Februar 1918 - Emil Haas
Flieger der Vizefeldwebel Emil Haas, Kampfstaffel 16 beim Kampgeschwader 3, geboren am 29 Sep 1890 in Kehl am Rhein
Emil Haas ( Haes ) lost his life on his 27th Birthday
- info archive no.775 - Stad-Vollenhove - 8 Feb 1918 - via Klaas Boes, Alb.Zn
Surname discrepancy - Haas / Haes - info PATS
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With this 'new' info - Mr. Frits Gerdessen did also supply more info of this bomber-plane
- GOTHA G.IV "Riesen Flugzeug" - "Englandflieger" - Bestellnummer 1065/16
Most parts of this Gotha G.IV bomber were salvaged in 1917
like engines and numbers - Mercedes 260 HP - Nr.28498 and Nr.30325
A section of the waist is also found with number (Bestellnummer) 1065
After reclamation of 'Oostelijk-Flevoland', some small parts, axle and wheels, were found 6 Aug 1963
This Gotha G.IV - Bestellnummer 1065/16 - belongs to batch 1055-1094/16
build by Siemens-Schuckert Werke G.m.b.H. in Berlin. 16 is standing for ordered in 1916
It belongs to Bombengeschwader 3 (BG 3)
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Gotha G.IV 406/16 - Genth/Radke - Belgium 1917
- image courtesy Thomas Genth -
www.angelfire.com/hi5/tgenth/gotha/GothaGIVe.htm
Specifications (Gotha G.V) - General characteristics - 232 G.IV bombers were built
Fuselage: Plywood construction - Wings: Plywood , fabric covered
Role: Bomber - Manufacturer Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG - Designed by Hans Burkhard
First flight 1917 - Primary user Luftstreitkräfte - Produced 1917 to 1918
Crew: 3 - Length: 12.42 m (40 ft 8 in) - Wingspan: 23.70 m (77 ft 9 in)
Height: 4.5 m (14 ft) - Wing area: 89.5 m² (963.6 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,739 kg (6,039 lb) - Max takeoff weight: 3,967 kg (8,745 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Mercedes D.IVa inline engine, 260 hp (191 kW) each
Performance: Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph) - Range: 840 km (522 miles) - Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,325 ft)
Armament: 2 or 3 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine guns
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In the night of 28/29 Sep 1917, three Gothas were lost by "Fliegertruppe III"
G.IV 602/16 came down near Sas van Gent - Prov. of Zeeland
A HP 0/100 of No. 7 Sq. was on mission and saw three (3) Gothas and attacked 2
One (602/16) did crash
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Crew of G.IV 1065/16 - Lt. Martin Emmler, Uffz. Heinrich Schreiber and Vzfw. Emil Haes
did crash into Zuiderzee
In the night of 3/4 Oct 1917, the nets of fishing boat EB61 did caught
a part of a wing, which was brought on land in Elburg - Prov. of Gelderland
On Oct 10, the body of Lt. Martin Emmler (schot wounds) was found by UK125 of J. Wakker
He was buried, 13 Oct 1917 with Military Funeral Honor in Kampen [ source: Elburgsche Courant ]
10 October is given in the records as his death
Reinterred in Ysselsteyn, Limburg, The Netherlands - German "Soldatenfriedhof " - Section 1914-1918 - Block B Grab 30
Ltn.d.R. Martin Emmler, Ober-Düsseldorf, born 4 Apr 1886, Breslau (Breslau after 1945: Wroclaw,Poland)
source birth date and place: "Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-1920"
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25 Oct 1917 - Blankenham - death record No. 4
- info archive Blankenham - via Klaas Boes, Alb.Zn
"Heden vijf en twintig October negentienhonderd zeventien,
verscheen voor mij Ambtenaar van den burgelijken stand der gemeente Blankenham:
Gerrit Berendsen, oud vijf en vijftig jaren, Veldwachter, wonende te Kuinre
en Wouter Fledderus, oud zes en dertig jaren, Klerk, wonende te Kuinre
die mij verklaarden, dat op vijf en twintig October dezes jaars, des voormiddags ten acht ure, in deze gemeente
aan het Zeestrand op het Zuideinde is aangebracht een lijk van een manspersoon gekleed
in Duitsch vliegeniersuniform, wegens den staat van ontbinding waarin het lijk verkeerde, is de ouderdom
van den man niet kunnen vastgesteld worden; volgens op het lijk gevonden brief is de omgekomene vermoedelijk
vicefeldwebel Heinz Schreiber, waarschijnlijk afkomstig uit Paderborn, Duitschland"
Uffz. Heinrich Schreiber, born 11 Jan 1886, Paderborn
source birth date: "Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-1920"
Gerrit Berendsen b.30 Jun 1862, Zwollerkerspel - agent van politie - marriage - 25 Apr 1889 - Age 26 - Gerridina Horsman (30) - Zwolle
Wouter Fledderus b.~1881 - postbode - marriage - 04 Jun 1910 - Age 29 - Klaasje de Boer (28) - Kuinre
roots info via www.genlias.nl
Vicefeldwebel Heinz Schreiber is found 25 Oct 1917 - 08:00am by Gerrit Berendsen (55 - policeman) and
Wouter Fledderus (36 - clerk), both living in Kuinre, on the beach 'Zeestand' at Blankenham (Zuideinde)
a letter found on the corpse indicates him pressumably as Heinz Schreider from Paderborn, Germany
He is buried - 25 Oct 1917 - at General Cemetery in Blankenham, Netherlands
Reinterred in Ysselsteyn, Limburg, The Netherlands - German "Soldatenfriedhof " - Section 1914-1918 - Block A Grab 22
- info - Frits Gerdessen and Mariëtte Hendriks - 20 Mar 2009 -
- info archive Blankenham - via Klaas Boes, Alb.Zn - 12 Nov 2009
Discrepancy - Firstname and Rank are different - 20 Mar 2009 - PATS -
Undercarriage Gotha G.IV 1065/16 at location - Aug 1963
Salvage landing gear and bombload of G.IV 1065/16 is done by RNLAF on 7 Aug 1963
it's also described on pages 45-47 - "In de schaduw van de glorie" by S. L. Veenstra (A4-188 pages)
G.V 668/16 did crash near Sneek - Prov. of Friesland / Frisian
was set on fire by crew: Lt. Starck, Fw. Dietz and Flugschüler Fliege. All three (3) unhurt
- info - Frits Gerdessen - 6 Feb 2009 -
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Note: Numbers / code fishing boats
Around the Zuiderzee / Zuider Sea all towns did have an abbreviation as "code"
EB = Town of Elburg, UK = Isle of Urk
VN = Town of Vollenhove, LE = Town of Lemmer
VD = Town of Volendam, etc ......
- info by PATS - 7 Feb 2009 -
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Vzfw. = VZF. = Vizefeldwebel (acting Sergeant) - info PATS -
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Last WWI update - 29 Jan 2011 - PATS -
Known list (24) - 17 September 1945 - General Cemetery Vollenhove
by Municipality of Vollenhove - Subject: Maintenance military graves
"Onbekend Amerik.Vliegen." = "Unknown American Airman" - "Datum begraving" = "Burial date"
Cemetery Stad-Vollenhove 1945 - images(l-r) via Mrs. R. G. Buimer and Don Griffin Jr.
In the same letter (17 Sep 1945) burgomaster Crommelin is also complaining that there are only
two graves with a "head-marker" - Gibbs and Bond - see images above -
and likes to receive the missing "head-markers" as soon as possible
| Vollenhove | Rang | Position | Name | Date of death | Force | Cemetery | IDPF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grave 615 | 1st Lt. | Pilot | Donald G. Griffin | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 618 | 2nd Lt. | Bombardier | Gordon R. Russell Jr. | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 616 | 2nd Lt. | Navigator | Fred P. Hazen | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 617 | 2nd Lt. | Bombardier | Philip M. Rose | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 619 | S/Sgt. | Engineer | Joseph R. Burke | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 607 | Sgt. | Ball Turret Gunner | Dennis J. McCoy | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 603 | 2nd Lt. | Navigator | Roy. D. Beukelman | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | USA, SD | Yes |
| Grave 604 | S/Sgt. | Flight Engineer | John J. Laurich | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 606 | Sgt. | Ball Turret Gunner | James R. Eaton Jr. | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 608 | Sgt. | Right Waist Gunner | Milton E. Thompson | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | USA, TN | Yes |
| Grave 614 | Sgt. | Left Waist Gunner | Orville S. Good | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave 610 | Sgt. | Nose Turret / Togglier | George Ellis Sloan | 08 April 1944 | USAAF | USA, CO | - not located - |
| Grave 611 | T/Sgt. | Top Turret Gunner | Morris La Verne | 08 April 1944 | USAAF | USA, NJ | Yes |
| Grave 609 | S/Sgt. | Right Waist Gunner | Trenton T. Tucker | 08 April 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Zwartsluis | Rang | Position | Name | Date of death | Force | Cemetery | IDPF |
| Grave C 11 | Sgt. | Right Waist Gunner | George Melvin McCord | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | USA, IA | Yes - pdf |
| Grave C 12 | 2nd Lt. | Co-Pilot | Robert A. Gum | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes |
| Grave C 13 | S/Sgt. | Radio Operator | Bogan (nmi) Radich | 23 March 1944 | USAAF | Margraten | Yes - pdf |
| Meppel | Rang | Position | Name | Date of death | Force | Cemetery | IDPF |
| Grave L 714 | S/Sgt. | Tail Gunner | Aleck A. Amich | 27 March 1944 | USAAF | USA, WI | Yes |
Three planes, Crews Griffin (9), Garrett (10), and Buland (9), 28 men involved - 19 KIA - 8 POW - 1 EVD
From the B-24 mid-air collision on 23-3-1944, also three (3) - Radich, McCord and *Russell*- buried in Zwartsluis
Later reinterred - Margaten-NL, while George M. McCord was reinterred finally in Dunlap, Iowa, USA
Tail Gunner Aleck A. Amich who was in the hospital in Meppel - died 27 March 1944 - buried in Meppel
He was first reinterred in Margraten and later reinterred - Saint Agnes Cemetery, Ashland, Wisconsin, USA
Pilot Robert Lee Garrett was killed 7th of Sept.'44 in Queue-du-Bois (Belgium)
by a stray German bullet, just a few days for liberation - he is still buried in Queue-du-Bois-BE
*Russell* = was Gum !!!!! ( source IDPF - received 11 Jun 2008 )
- - - more details at each crash description below - - -
Research for Grave nrs. Gum, Laurich and Eaton is pending
Request - Sep 2007 - for IDPF's is running - expecting May 2008 - ( received 11 Jun 2008 )
They were buried in one of these 3 graves - 604-606-618 -
O-808989 - 2nd Lt. Robert A. Gum was buried in Vollenhove Grave Nr. 618
MACR 3455 - detail of page 18 - info see SD case 7251 - added 22 Feb 2008 - PATS
Vollenhove - Grave No. 618 - Co-Pilot - 2nd Lt. Robert A. Gum - 22 Feb 2008 - PATS -
This is what I first thought ( and many with me ), but after receiving the IDPF
it became clear that it was - Bombardier - 2nd Lt. Gordon R. Russell Jr.
IDPF - Individual Deceased Personnel File - aka "293" file
14147637 - Sgt. James R. Eaton buried in Vollenhove Grave Nr. 606
MACR 3455 - detail of page 20 - added 04 Mar 2008 - PATS
Vollenhove - Grave No. 606 - Ball Turret Gunner - Sgt. James R. Eaton - 04 Mar 2008 - PATS -
Confirmed by IDPF - EATON file - 12 Jun 2008
34724732 - Sergeant Milton Ewell Thompson was killed in action 23 March 1944
buried in Stad-Vollenhove - Grave No. 608
After the war reburied at Oakwood Cemetery, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
- images courtesy Pansy Ewell - 07 May 2008 -
www.findagrave.com
All digging through the additional "extra" digital pages found on FOOTNOTE.COM
I found the gravenumbers of Gum (618) and Eaton (606) - see images above -
Have no papers yet of Flight Engineer Laurich's burial, but he is the only remaining in my search
so he was buried in Grave 604 at the same time as Navigator Beukelman (603) - see clip above -
- - - more details at crash "Dark Rhapsody" & "Shoo Shoo Baby" description below - - -
Vollenhove - Grave No. 604 - Flt. Eng. - S/Sgt. John J. Laurich - 04 Mar 2008 - PATS -
Confirmed by IDPF - LAURICH file - 12 Jun 2008
Contact Laurich is pending - 9 Mar 2008 - PATS -
Received 11 Jun 2008 the "293" - IDPF files of Eaton (89 pages), Gum (87 pages) and Laurich (99 pages)
The most valuable thing I found after two years research in these 275 IDPF pages:
2nd Lt. Gordon R. Russell reidentified as 2nd Lt. Robert A. Gum !!!!
So Bombardier Russell was not buried in Zwartsluis, but in Vollenhove - Grave 618
While Co-Pilot Gum was in Zwartsluis - Grave C 12 (G 12)
Also confirmation of the gravenumbers for Laurich and Eaton - 604 and 606
- 12 Jun 2008 - PATS -
Layout-Legend American graves - General Cemetery Vollenhove - 1945
- source IDPF - LAURICH file -
605 = Dutch Soldier, 620 - 631 = 12 Commonwealth War Graves
NOTE !!! - Hazen was buried as Rose - Grave 616, Vollenhove
NOTE !!! - Rose was buried as Hazen - Grave 617, Vollenhove
NOTE !!! - Russell was buried as unknown X-5 - Grave 618, Vollenhove - NOT in Zwartsluis
NOTE !!! - Gum was NOT buried in Grave 618, Vollenhove - but in Zwartsluis - Grave C 12 (G 12)
- source IDPF's - ROSE and LAURICH - 09 Jun 2011 - PATS
Entrance General Cemetery Stad-Vollenhove - 1945
Harmen Visser - burial 21 April 1945 at General Cemetery Vollenhove - Grave 605
On the left: Graves 631 - 614 - on the right : 611 to 605
Photo was sent by Rev. J. P. Honnef ( aka 'Karel' ) to Griffin family in 1945
Pilot 1st Lt. Donald G. Griffin - Grave 615 ( top left )
images via Don Griffin Jr. (Son) - 26 Nov 2009
FOIA - IDPF - La Verne - request 29 May 2008 - expecting Feb 2009
IDPF - La Verne - not received - IDPF could not be located - 30 Dec 2008 - PATS -
Advice: Request - via NPRC - St. Louis, MO .... or a 2nd attempt mid 2009 via Alexandria, VA
FOIA - IDPF - La Verne - request via NPRC - St. Louis, MO - 11 Mar 2009
FOIA - VA Claim 'XC' file - La Verne - request via VA - Washington, DC - 3 Jun 2009
FOIA - VA Claim 'XC' file - La Verne - forwarded to VA - Philadelphia, PA - 12 Jun 2009
FOIA - VA Claim 'XC' file - La Verne - received - 89 pages - 16 Jul 2009
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FOIA - IDPF - Amich - request 14 Jul 2009 - expecting Nov 2009 - reveived - 73 pages - 25 Aug 2009
FOIA - IDPF - Thompson - request 14 Jul 2009 - expecting Nov 2009 - reveived - 68 pages - 25 Aug 2009
FOIA - IDPF - Good - request 14 Jul 2009 - expecting Nov 2009 - reveived - 63 pages - 25 Aug 2009
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FOIA - IDPF - Radich - request 28 Aug 2009 - expecting Dec 2009
IDPF - Radich - not received - IDPF could not be located - 10 Dec 2009 - PATS -
Advice: Request - via NPRC - St. Louis, MO .... or a 2nd attempt mid 2010 via Alexandria, VA
FOIA - IDPF - Radich - 2nd request 10 Jul 2011 - expecting Nov 2011 - PDF received - 107 pages - 18 Nov 2011
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FOIA - IDPF - McCord - request 28 Aug 2009 - expecting Dec 2009
IDPF - McCord - not received - IDPF could not be located - 10 Dec 2009 - PATS -
Advice: Request - via NPRC - St. Louis, MO .... or a 2nd attempt mid 2010 via Alexandria, VA
FOIA - IDPF - McCord - 2nd request 10 Jul 2011 - expecting Nov 2011 - PDF received - 96 pages - 18 Nov 2011
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FOIA - IDPF - Tucker - request 05 Sep 2009 - expecting Jul 2010 - received - 78 pages - 09 Jul 2010
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FOIA - IDPF - Sloan - request 02 Oct 2009 - expecting Aug 2010
IDPF - Sloan - not received - IDPF could not be located - 10 Mar 2010 - PATS -
Advice: Request - via NPRC - St. Louis, MO .... or a 2nd attempt Sep 2010 via Alexandria, VA
FOIA - IDPF - Sloan - 2nd request 10 Jul 2011 - expecting Nov 2011 - IDPF could not be located - 18 Nov 2011 - PATS -
Advice: Request - via NPRC - St. Louis, MO .... or a 3rd attempt Feb 2012 via Alexandria, VA
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FOIA - IDPF - Griffin - request 12 Dec 2009 - expecting Apr 2010 - received - 100 pages - 09 Aug 2010
FOIA - IDPF - Russell - request 12 Dec 2009 - expecting Apr 2010 - received - 133 pages - 11 Aug 2010
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FOIA - IDPF - Suchiu - request 12 Aug 2010 - received - 115 pages - 26 Jan 2011
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FOIA - IDPF - Hazen - request 22 Aug 2010 - expecting Feb 2011 - received - 144 pages - 01 Feb 2011
FOIA - IDPF - Burke - request 22 Aug 2010 - expecting Feb 2011 - received - 80 pages - 01 Feb 2011
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FOIA - IDPF - Rose - request 03 Feb 2011 - expecting Jul 2011 - received - 145 pages - 07 Jun 2011
FOIA - IDPF - McCoy - request 03 Feb 2011 - expecting Jul 2011 - received - 88 pages - 07 Jun 2011
FOIA - IDPF - Beukelman - request 03 Feb 2011 - expecting Jul 2011 - received - 145 pages - 07 Jun 2011
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FOIA - IDPF - Peck - request 29 Nov 2011 - in progress - expecting Apr 2012
FOIA - IDPF - Philo - request 29 Nov 2011 - in progress - expecting Apr 2012
FOIA - IDPF - Lehman - request 29 Nov 2011 - in progress - expecting Apr 2012
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IDPF - Individual Deceased Personnel File
FOIA - Freedom Of Information Act
Last update - 16 Dec 2011 - PATS -
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Evert Spit |
Evert Spit
- 14 Sep 1915 - 13 May 1940 - Age 24 -
image courtesy family Spit
Soldaat (Private, Soldier) Evert Spit is also buried on the cemetery in Vollenhove
Evert, born 14 Sep 1915 in Vollenhove, son of Geert Spit and Margaretha Spit née Voerman
was living at Heilige Geeststeeg (Holy Ghost Alley)
Geert Spit, son of Evert Spit and Marregrieta ten Napel married 30 May 1914
Margaretha Voerman, daughter of Jannes Voerman and Elizabeth Lassche (2nd wife)
Margaretha Voerman (mother), half sister of Hendrika Voerman and Grietje Voerman
Evert's grandfather Jannes Voerman was my mother's paternal and maternal greatgrandfather - info PATS
He was killed 13 May 1940, Pentecost Monday, near the Vriesebrug (Vriesebridge) in Dordrecht, Holland
This was on the third day after Germany invaded Holland in the early morning of May 10
Evert was buried in Dordrecht, but later reburied in Vollenhove
were the residents did raise a fund for his memorial
The Dutch Army did surrender after the bombing of Rotterdam,
some 800 dead and 78,000 homeless within 15 minutes
The capitulation treaty was signed in Rijsoord, near Ridderkerk, on May 15th 1940
- treaty Rijsoord - see www.planetariumrotterdam.nl - link via Marcel Claessen
In the province of Zeeland, however, the battle was continued
Many French and English were in this province at the time
and this gave them time to withdraw. On May 17 Hitler’s patience ran out
On this ‘Frightful Friday’ he ordered bombings on the town of Middelburg
and Zeeland also surrendered
Obituaries - May 1940 -
From fiancee Trijntje Boers, Family Boers and colleagues at Hazemeyer - Hengelo (O)
Evert was an employee of the Hazemeyer factory
In Memoriam - 1945 -
1st issue after the war of "Schakelingen" - Hazemeyer magazine
- clips and obituaries - via family Spit -
Soldaat EVERT SPIT Memorial
Age 24 - resident of Stad-Vollenhove
GEVALLEN VOOR HET VADERLAND
Vriesebrug, Dordrecht - 13 May 1940
DE BURGERS VAN STAD-VOLLENHOVE
Comp. Tordepisten - Korps Pontonniers en Torpedisten
- info from www.dordtopenstad.nl - via Minie Buit - 8 Feb 2009
Last update - 05 Jun 2010 - PATS -
Niesje Edelenbos |
NIESJE EDELENBOS
- 3 Aug 1933 - 24 Mar 1945 - Age 11 -
- image courtesy Edelenbos family -
Niesje, 11 years old, was killed Saturday 24 March 1945 by a stray bullet while on the Grindweg
A fighter plane was shooting at barges near Kadoeler bridge and a truck on the Grindweg near "den Oldenhof"
Niesje was collecting firewood with her mother near the "den Oldenhof" estate
When a truck ( so-called MET ) was spotted they were able to jump in de hiding spots 'manholes' near the road
Being safe .... she left her spot to run to her mother on the other side .... with fatal result
Wicher Post, son of baker Post, brought her back to town. - info Mrs. Martha Krijger née Noback -
Vollenhove was liberated Sunday April 15th 1945
Niesje, daughter of Berend Edelenbos en Geertrui Mansveld
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From the farm of Jannes van Benthem in the Drostenbos ( 800m North of scene ),
Jacobus van Benthem (b.1932), was with his family an eyewitness of this event
With his brother Jan (b.1930) they were collecting the bullets around the green truck area, loaded with 'tarwe' - wheat
info - 10 Jan 2010 - Jacobus "Jack" van Benthem, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Jannes van Benthem (b.1899) is the brother of my paternal Grandmother Aaltje van Benthem (b.1903)
and brother of Hendrik van Benthem - see Baarlo - #42-31218 - Boeing B-17G-5-BO - 10 Feb 1944
info - 23 Jan 2010 - PATS
'Grindweg' - nowadays secondary road 'Oppen Swolle' - info PATS -
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Saturday 24-3-1945
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ORB - 308 SQUADRON - Polish Airforce, B-77 - Gilze-Rijen, Holland
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The Squadron detailed for patrol over enemy-occupied Holland, but nothing worth while
was encountered, because of poor visibility. Very intense and accurate flak from Deventer
damages one of our a/c, which crashed on landing at base. Pilot safe.
A standing patrol was carried out by The Squadron in the Zutphen-Winterswijk-Arnhem area.
Only two jet planes flying at about 25,000 feet were seen. The enemy did attempt to attack.
Later the Squadron taken off on armed recce.
Rail lines and "cross roads" were dive bombed with good results.
6 "MET" were attacked by canon and "m/g fire", but because of very intense and accurate flak,
results were unobserved.
One a/c attacked a small vessel near Harderwijk. Result unseen. Intense flak on this mission.
a/c = aircraft
MET = Moving Enemy Transport
m/g = Machine Gun
source: http://orb.polishaf.pl/308sqn/1945/1945-03-no-308-squadron-f540
Last update - 23 Jan 2010 - PATS -
Harmen Visser - "Ome Willem" |
Harmen Visser
- 25 Nov 1894 - 16 Apr 1945 - Age 50 -
Harmen Visser, born 25 November 1894 in Scharl, was a policeman at Urk and Vollenhove
Known as "Ome Willem" in the resistance group Vollenhove
He was killed 16 April 1945 near Schoterzijl
Son of Popke Visser (born abt.1870, Scharl) and Grietje Schaper (born abt.1874, Molkwerum), municipality Hemelumer Oldeferd
Marriage 28 Jun 1894 - Popke Visser (Age 24, Scharl) and Grietje Schaper (Age 20, Molkwerum)
Siblings: Jantje Visser (born 09 Aug 1896), Wabe Visser (born 28 May 1899) and Trijntje Visser (born 03 Mar 1901)
Grandson of Harmen Sytzes Visser and Trijntje Poppes Lam
Marriage 30 May 1919 - Harmen Visser (Age 24, Scharl) and Sytske Tromp (Age 23, Scharl)
- info genlias.nl - tresoar -
Harmen Visser (b. 25 Nov 1894 – d. 16 Apr 1945 - Age 50) married with Sytske Tromp (b. 09 Mar 1896 – d. 27 Jul 1971 - Age 75)
Alie Visser (daughter) (b. 11 Jun 1928 – d. 22 Jul 1997 - Age 69) married with Marten Slot (b. 06 Sep 1923 – d. 22 Jul 2000 - Age 76)
- info graftombe.nl - via Jo Steenstra - 07 Mar 2011 -
Funeral with Military Honors - Harmen Visser - Saturday 21 April 1945 - Vollenhove
funeral length is 220 meter
left photo is taken from Nering Bögel's house - "Nieuw-Hagensdorp" - info PATS
Joan Frederik Nering Bögel (Jan) - born 02 Sep 1881, Deventer - died 01 May 1945, Vollenhove - Age 63
ontvanger Waterschap te Vollenhove - buried general Cemetery Wolvega
info Nering Bögel - sickenga.cciwns.com
Funeral with Military Honors - Harmen Visser - Saturday 21 April 1945 - Vollenhove
- photo taken by Arnold Esseveld -
Arnold Hendrik Esseveld, 13 Mar 1910, 's-Gravenhage - died 7 Dec 1998, Dieren - Age 88
image and info via Hans Esseveld (son) - 14 Dec 2011
Harmen Visser - Service on Cemetery - Romans 8:31 and "Our Father"
Harmen Visser - buried 21 April 1945 at Vollenhove General Cemetery - Grave 605
reinterred 20 Dec 1945 in Oudemirdum
Opperwachtmeester der Marechaussee
Harmen Visser
'Old' Memorial Statendijk ( Zeedijk) - - - - - Cemetery Oudemirdum - - - - - 'New' Memorial Schoterzijl ( Zeedijk)
image Statendijk by Wiebe de Vries - Schoterzijl by pbt
NBS group "Harmen Visser" Vollenhove - April 1945
- photo taken by Arnold Esseveld -
- source: Collection Mr. Roelof 'Roel' G. Buimer -
- move cursor over image for the names -
NBS = Nederlandse Binnenlandsche Strijdkrachten
4th row l-r : Jan van Loon, Hendrik 'Henk' Tjalling Buimer
3rd row l-r : Ab Overink (glasses), Iwan Andrejewitsch Zubanow, Jan de Koning, Arend Rodermond, Gerrit Kuperus
2nd row l-r : Geert Stoker (boots), Rev. J. P. Honnef, Roelof 'Roel' Gerrit Buimer, Lies Arons, Bob Arons,
Evert van der Linde, Bernard Jalink, Sergei Iwanowitsch Sokolow
1st row l-r : Hein Rosema, Arrie Rodermond, Marten Slot
Have to verify names for right spelling - PATS -
Thanks to Roel Buimer - Sergei and Iwan - May 1945
Sergei Iwanowitsch Sokolow ( Сергей Иванович Соколов ) and Iwan Andrejewitsch Zubanow ( Иван Андреевич Зюбанов )
Two Russian POW's - escaped Aug 1944 from their camp in Meppen, Germany
From Sept 1944 till May 1945 they got shelter and participate with the resistance group
Sergei Iwanowitsch Sokolow and Iwan Andrejewitsch Zubanow - Vollenhove - 1945
- images via Roel ter Heide and Wiebe H. de Vries -
Sergei Iwanowitsch Sokolow . . . . . . Thanks to Arnold Esseveld - Sergei and Iwan - May 1945 . . . . . . Iwan Andrejewitsch Zubanow
- images courtesy Hans Esseveld - 14 Dec 2011
Sgt. Sergei Iwanowitsch Sokolow - born 2 Aug 1914 - hometown: Niznji Nowgorod / Nizhny Nowgorod
Taken POW early 1942 near Charkow, Ukraine. Escape from Camp Meppen, Germany - Aug 1944 -
Occupation: Shop Assistant
Sgt. Iwan Andrejewitsch Zubanow - born 13 Nov 1922 - hometown: Stalino, Ukraine
Taken POW mid 1943 near Stario Russa / Staraya Russa . Escape from Camp Meppen, Germany - Aug 1944 -
Occupation: Mechanical Fitter - Stalino ( nowadays Donetsk )
Both left Vollenhove end of May 1945, a postcard from Oldenburg, Germany is last known sign
Russian variants - Sokolow/Sokolov - Zubanow/Zubanov - Zubonow/Zubonov
clips - Persoonsbewijs Z 40 No. 008663 - Arnold Hendrik Esseveld - clips
NBS - "Oranje" Armband of Arnold Hendrik Esseveld
Orange band worn around the upper arm as a form of identification - member NBS
- via Hans Esseveld (son) - 14 Dec 2011
NBS group "Harmen Visser" Vollenhove - April 1945
- photo taken by Arnold Esseveld -
3rd row l-r : Arrie Rodermond, Bernard Jalink, Iwan Andrejewitsch Zubanow, Arend Rodermond, Ab Overink (glasses)
2nd row l-r : Marten Slot, Jan de Koning, Roel Buimer, Jan van Loon
1st row l-r : Hein Rosema, Sergei Iwanowitsch Sokolow, Henk Buimer
- image via Wiebe H. de Vries - 17 Jun 2011
Recap - 37 names from 'List' Kingma - Underground 'Groep Vollenhove'
- Schoklandreeks nr.4 - "de bevrijding van het Nederlands Onderduikers Paradijs" - page 39
source family album of Mrs. R. van Dijk - Kingma
a total of 42 Airmen are helped and transfered .... there are 37 on this list
There might be more then 42 Airmen helped - info PATS - 09 Sep 2010
*** 37 EVADERS *** KINGMA LIST - VOLLENHOVE ***
| ******************** | ******************** | ******************** | ******************** |
| C. A. Hadfield | H. Richardson | H. B. White | M. Palanica |
| C. C. White | R. Garett | B. B. Boyer | H. King |
| Ch. Miller | F. Deason | R. Gecks | K. E. Mayth |
| R. Dettre | F. Peichoto | Ph. Cimino | O. Fullerton |
| J. L. Ashbrook | F. Erdmann | W. Owen | M. Weinstein |
| R. E. Giles | F. Garo Fallo | R. M. Tracy | W. Campbell |
| R. Harrah | J. Alexanian | M. Copega | M. B. Olson |
| P. H. Mosley | W. H. Hammond | J. E. Barlow | K. Stakowitz alias P. Smit |
| J. B. Calkins | O. H. Jackson | L. E. Lucas | H. R. Haight |
| V. J. Kelly | - 38 - | - 39 - | - 40 - |
Mr. Jan Jacob Jelte van Kluijve, Kerkstraat 14, Vollenhove - info Henk van Heerde
Above names(37) are given as in 'original' list - - - What means that original name can varies - info PATS
Cottam (#38) and Coyne (#39) - were also in Vollenhove - see memoirs Cottam - info PATS - 28 Aug 2010
O'Barr (#40) - Davis (#41) - Allen (#42) - Denny (#43) - Hanley (#44), etc.... likely too
Mr. J. J. J. van Kluijve
Award: Kruis van Verdienste - K.B. No. 17 van 5 December 1952, Burger
"Heeft zich in verband met vijandelijke actie door moedig en beleidvol optreden onderscheiden
en daarmede het belang van het Koninkrijk gediend bij het verlenen van hulp aan en het vervoeren
van een groot aantal leden van geallieerde vliegtuigbemanningen, die in de zomer van 1944 in de
NOORD-OOSTPOLDER dan wel elders in het Noorden des lands tengevolge van de
oorlogshandelingen waren gedwongen per valscherm te landen"
- info www.onderscheidingen.nl -
Next the "extended" version - 49 names - with the 'right' spelling to my knowledge
| * Nr. * | * Name * | * ID * | * KIA-POW-EVD * | * Location - date * | * Serial * |
| - 01 - | 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot Charles Anderson Hadfield |
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POW Antwerp, Aug 1944 Stalag 7A |
- Baarlo / Blokzijl - - 10 Feb 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31218 |
| - 02 - | 2nd Lt. - Navigator Howard E. Richardson |
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POW Antwerp, Aug 1944 Stalag Luft 3 |
- Baarlo / Blokzijl - - 10 Feb 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31218 |
| - 03 - | 2nd Lt. - Fighter Pilot Horace Bedford White |
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POW Antwerp, 1944 Stalag Luft 1 |
- Noordoostpolder - - 6 km NW of Blokzijl - - 03 Mar 1944 - |
P-51B #43-12264 |
| - 04 - | M/Sgt. - Radio Operator / Air Gunner Mathew "Max" E. Palenica |
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POW Roermond, 17 Dec 1944 Stalag Luft 1 |
- NO crash !!! - - 06 Mar 1944 - NO crash !!! - |
B-17F #42-31025 back to UK |
| - 05 - | S/Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner Cleo C. White |
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POW Stalag Luft 1 |
- NO crash !!! - - 06 Mar 1944 - NO crash !!! - |
B-17F #42-31025 back to UK |
| - 06 - | 2nd Lt. - Pilot Robert Lee Garrett |
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KIA 7 Sep 1944 Queue-du-Bois, Belgium |
- Boswiede - - 23 Mar 1944 - |
B-24H #42-52587 |
| - 07 - | 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot Billy Barkley Boyer |
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POW Stalag Luft 1 |
- Boswiede - - 23 Mar 1944 - |
B-24H #42-52587 |
| - 08 - | S/Sgt. - Radio Operator Howard B. "Barney" King |
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EVD | - Boswiede - - 23 Mar 1944 - |
B-24H #42-52587 |
| - 09 - | Sgt. - Tail Gunner Charles Philip Miller |
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POW Stalag Luft 4 |
- Boswiede - - 23 Mar 1944 - |
B-24H #42-52587 |
| - 10 - | 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot Frank M. Deason |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #1974 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Urk - IJsselmeer - - 08 Apr 1944 - |
B-17G #42-39856 |
| - 11 - | 2nd Lt. - Pilot Russell H. Gecks |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #1381 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Urk - IJsselmeer - - 08 Apr 1944 - |
B-17G #42-39856 |
| - 12 - | S/Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner Kenneth Eugene Mays |
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POW Antwerp, 22 Jul 1944 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 13 - | 1st Lt. - Fighter Pilot Rexford Herbert Dettre Jr. |
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POW Stalag Luft 3 |
- IJsselmeer - - Hindeloopen - - 09 Apr 1944 - |
P-38J #42-67192 |
| - 14 - | S/Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner Frank Peichoto |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #2680 |
- Noordoostpolder - - 6 bailed out - - Zeeuws-Vlaanderen - - 4 bailed out - - Nieuw-Namen - - 29 Jun 1944 - |
B-24H #42-51095 |
| - 15 - | T/Sgt. - Top Turret Gunner Phillip Cimino |
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KIA 10 Sep 1944 near Spa, Belgium |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 16 - | 2nd Lt. - Navigator John O. Fullerton |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #2679 |
- Noordoostpolder - - 6 bailed out - - Zeeuws-Vlaanderen - - 4 bailed out - - Nieuw-Namen - - 29 Jun 1944 - |
B-24H #42-51095 |
| - 17 - | 2nd Lt. - Bombardier Joseph "Joe" Louis Ashbrook |
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POW Antwerp, 22 Jul 1944 Stalag Luft 1 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 18 - | 1st Lt. - Bombardier Frederick Henry Erdmann |
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POW Stalag Luft 1 |
- Noordoostpolder - - 6 bailed out - - Zeeuws-Vlaanderen - - 4 bailed out - - Nieuw-Namen - - 29 Jun 1944 - |
B-24H #42-51095 |
| - 19 - | Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner William Franklin Owens Jr. |
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POW Antwerp, 21 Jul 1944 Stalag Luft 4 |
- Noordoostpolder - - 6 bailed out - - Zeeuws-Vlaanderen - - 4 bailed out - - Nieuw-Namen - - 29 Jun 1944 - |
B-24H #42-51095 |
| - 20 - | 2nd Lt. - Bombardier Max Weinstein |
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POW Stalag Luft 3 |
- Offingawier - - 11 Dec 1943 - |
B-17F #42-3488 |
| - 21 - | 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot Robert Edward Giles |
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POW Antwerp, 22 Jul 1944 Stalag Luft 1 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 22 - | S/Sgt. - Waist Gunner Frank E. "Ed" Garofalo |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #2681 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 23 - | 2nd Lt. - Navigator Richard Michael Tracy |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #2678 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 24 - | S/Sgt. - Tail Gunner William Ross Campbell |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #2140 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 25 - | 1st Lt. - Pilot Robert Max Harrah |
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POW Antwerp, 22 Jul 1944 Stalag Luft 1 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 26 - | Sgt. - Radio Operator John Alexanian |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #2137 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Kavel C-40 - - 07 Jul 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31189 |
| - 27 - | S/Sgt. - Tail Gunner Michael Kopcza |
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POW Antwerp, 1944 Stalag Luft 4 |
- Den Oosterhuis - - 08 Mar 1944 - |
B-24H #42-52175 |
| - 28 - | 2nd Lt. - Navigator Marlowe Bayne Olson |
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POW Antwerp, 03 Aug 1944 Stalag Luft 3 |
- Den Oosterhuis - - 08 Mar 1944 - |
B-24H #42-52175 |
| - 29 - | S/Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner Paul Henry Moseley |
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POW Antwerp, 1944 Stalag Luft 4 |
- Den Oosterhuis - - 08 Mar 1944 - |
B-24H #42-52175 |
| - 30 - | 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot William Henry Hammond |
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POW Antwerp, 1944 Stalag 7A |
- Den Oosterhuis - - 08 Mar 1944 - |
B-24H #42-52175 |
| - 31 - | 2nd Lt. - Fighter Pilot James E. Barlow |
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POW Zundert, 12 May 1944 Stalag Luft 3 |
- Noordoostpolder - - 7km SW of Vollenhove - - 23 Apr 1944 - |
P-51B #43-7006 |
| - 32 - | Sgt. - Fighter Pilot Kazimierz Stankiewicz - aka - Piet Smit - |
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EVD IS9 1/304/#2396 |
- Noordoostpolder - - near Ramspol - - 13 Oct 1944 - |
Spitfire IX BS534 |
| - 33 - | 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot John Bartlett "Bart" Calkins houseboat near Belt-Schutsloot till mid April 1945 |
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EVD | - Ossenzijl - - 28 Jan 1945 - |
B-17G #44-6105 |
| - 34 - | 1st Lt. - Pilot Oakley Homer Jackson Jr. houseboat near Belt-Schutsloot till mid April 1945 |
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EVD | - Ossenzijl - - 28 Jan 1945 - |
B-17G #44-6105 |
| - 35 - | 1st Lt. - Navigator Leonard Edmund Lucas houseboat near Belt-Schutsloot till mid April 1945 |
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EVD | - Ossenzijl - - 28 Jan 1945 - |
B-17G #44-6105 |
| - 36 - | S/Sgt. - Togglier Keith Rodney Haight houseboat near Belt-Schutsloot till mid April 1945 |
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EVD | - Ossenzijl - - 28 Jan 1945 - |
B-17G #44-6105 |
| - 37 - | S/Sgt. - Waist Gunner Vincent Joseph Leo Kelly houseboat near Belt-Schutsloot till mid April 1945 |
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EVD | - Ossenzijl - - 28 Jan 1945 - |
B-17G #44-6105 |
| - 38 - | Sgt. - Navigator William Winston Cottam |
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POW Antwerp, 07 Aug 1944 Stalag Luft 7 |
- Noordoostpolder - - near Marknesse - - 30 Jan 1944 - |
Lancaster JA702 |
| - 39 - | Sgt. - Wireless Operator / Air Gunner Patrick "Paddy" Coyne |
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POW Antwerp, 07 Aug 1944 Stalag Luft 7 |
- Noordoostpolder - - near Marknesse - - 30 Jan 1944 - |
Lancaster JA702 |
| - 40 - | 1st Lt. - Fighter Pilot William Connie O'Barr |
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POW Stalag Luft 1 |
- Noordoostpolder - - near Isle of Schokland - - 29 May 1944 - |
P-47D #42-76372 |
| - 41 - | Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner Billy Joe Davis |
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POW Meerle, Belgium, Jul 1944 Stalag Luft 4 |
- Noordoostpolder - - 6 bailed out - - Zeeuws-Vlaanderen - - 4 bailed out - - Nieuw-Namen - - 29 Jun 1944 - |
B-24H #42-51095 |
| - 42 - | Sgt. - Tail Gunner Everett Sumner Allen |
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POW Meerle, Belgium, Jul 1944 Stalag Luft 4 |
- Noordoostpolder - - 6 bailed out - - Zeeuws-Vlaanderen - - 4 bailed out - - Nieuw-Namen - - 29 Jun 1944 - |
B-24H #42-51095 |
| - 43 - | T/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner Richard Emerson Denny |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #2115 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Urk - IJsselmeer - - 08 Apr 1944 - |
B-17G #42-39856 |
| - 44 - | T/Sgt. - Radio Operator Clifton Evans Hanley |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #1977 |
- Noordoostpolder - - Urk - IJsselmeer - - 08 Apr 1944 - |
B-17G #42-39856 |
| - 45 - | 2nd Lt. - Bombardier / Togglier Andrea (nmi) Montello |
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POW Vollenhove, 10 Feb 1944 Stalag Luft 1 |
- Baarlo / Blokzijl - - 10 Feb 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31218 |
| - 46 - | S/Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner Angelo (nmi) Gambino |
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POW Charleroi, 2 Jul 1944 Stalag Luft 4 |
- Baarlo / Blokzijl - - 10 Feb 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31218 |
| - 47 - | S/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner John Francis Graney |
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POW Charleroi, 2 Jul 1944 Stalag Luft 4 |
- Baarlo / Blokzijl - - 10 Feb 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31218 |
| - 48 - | S/Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner Earl Stanley Lambert |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #1935 |
- Baarlo / Blokzijl - - 10 Feb 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31218 |
| - 49 - | S/Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner Woodrow Wilson Tarleton |
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EVD Escape/Evasion #1955 |
- Baarlo / Blokzijl - - 10 Feb 1944 - |
B-17G #42-31218 |
- 2 KIA - 28 POW - 19 EVD -
ID-photos will be updated if available (see contacts)
contacts (1) - Deason #10
- Barlow #31 not found yet -
12 names in 'bold' and 'cyan' - were also sheltered by the Frisian Underground
8 names in 'italic' and 'yellow' - sheltered by Andries Mooren, Kelpen - Province of Limburg
Kelpen = 13 km WNW of Roermond and 6 km from Belgium border
9 Airmen in 'green' via Harrie Otten in Erp, Province of North-Brabant
Any help is appreciated to find better quality photographs !
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Vollenhove - General Cemetery - "De Voorst" - 5th of May 2008 - by PATS
Commonwealth War Graves - Memorial Evert Spit in the background - top left -
* * * * - All (30) related to General Cemetery "De Voorst" - Vollenhove - * * * *
- cyan - 0 - contact with next of kin - - - red - 1 - not found so far - - 29 found out of 30 = 97 %
Last update - 20 Dec 2011 - PATS
* * * * - All (8) planes + crew - related to General Cemetery "De Voorst" - Vollenhove - * * * *
SGLO - T1669
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SGLO - T2849
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SGLO - T3280
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SGLO - T3342
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SGLO - T3544
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SGLO - T3545
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SGLO - T3569
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GOTHA G.IV 1065/16 - 29 Sep 1917 - ZUIDERZEE - CREW 3
 - 3 KIA - EMMLER(†) - SCHREIBER(†) - HAES / HAAS (†) |
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- cyan - 1 - contact with next of kin - - - red - 4 - not found so far - - 51 found out of 56 = 91%
Last update - 12 May 2010 - PATS
Next ... 484 Commonwealth War Graves - vicinity Vollenhove - 50x50 mi area
Blokzijl - 7
- 4 miles N of Vollenhove -
Blokzijl - General Cemetery - 5th of March 2007 - by PATS
- 7 Commonwealth graves - 7 UK -
Blokzijl - Baarlo -
- 4 mi N of Vollenhove -|
SGLO - T3392 #42-31218 (c/n: 6332) - Boeing B-17G-5-BO "Eto-Itis" FC-E - Thu 10th Feb. 1944 - 13:10 390th BG - 571th BS - Framlingham, UK - Mission 'Marathon' - Brunswick, Germany - MACR #2504 1 KIA - 7 POW - 2 EVD - Baarlo-OV-(Hol) |
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390th BG - 13 CBW - Square 'J'- 571st BS - FC - 3rd Div - 8th Air Force
42-31218 (c/n: 6332). Delivered: 5 October 1943 - (Cheyenne Modification Center)
Heavy Flak - #42-31218 (top) and #42-37806 (left) over Bremen - 16 Dec 1943
#42-31218 - 'Crew 70' - Duane (nmi) Sorenson - Mission #38 - Bremen, Germany
#42-37806 - 'Crew 64' - Robert F. Starks - Mission #38 - Bremen, Germany
'Crew 76' - John G. Burke - was that day with B-17F #42-30715
390BG/571BS - B-17G #42-37806 FC-Z - "Starks Ark" - Shot down 28 May 1944 - MACR 5256
with 'Crew 62' - Henry C. Holmes - Mission #113 - Magdeburg, Germany
1 KIA; 8 POW; 1 EVD
- image and info via Footnote.com - WWII US AIR FORCE PHOTOS -
Detail - Heavy Flak - #42-31218 over Bremen - 16 Dec 1943
'Crew 70' - Duane (nmi) Sorenson - Mission #38 - Bremen, Germany
- Crew info via www.390th.org -
"Thirteenth Mission" - 13 - of "Crew 76"
HEADQUARTERS390TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)
APO 634
11 February 44 - SUBJECT: Extract from S-2 Mission Report regarding B-17G 42-31218
A/C No. 218 was observed to leave formation at about 1215 hours
It continued to drop back and lose altitude and was last seen at about 1300 hours near Lingen
No chutes reported. It may be assumed that 218 was subjected to F/A attacks after it was last seen
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Two farmhouses, from Hendrik van Benthem and Lambertus Herman Lok,
in the tiny community of Baarlo, were set on fire after German fighters - FW-190
shot down #42-31218 - B-17G - "Eto-Itis" on his return and pieces of the plane did
hit the farms around 13:10. All 15 cows in the barn of Lok were killed
3 cows of van Benthem were also killed by the exploding ammunition
Nobody on the ground was hurt
One did bail out at the last moment, he was captured by Germans located in Blokzijl
After it was hit by the fighters a fire was starting in front of the plane (info: Sgt. Tarleton )
radio operator James A. Harnish was still in the burning plane
and didn't survive the crash, just 100 yards from the cemetery of Baarlo
Near Vollenhove, so-called "Ambt-Vollenhove", four men had already left the B-17G
4 bailed out from the waist - Tarleton - Lambert- Gambino - Vilk - in that order
5 from the nose - Graney - Hadfield - Montello - Richardson and Burke as last
Hendrik van Benthem (b.1902) is the brother of my paternal Grandmother Aaltje van Benthem (b.1903)
info - 23 Jan 2010 - PATS
- - - Charles A. Hadfield, New Britain, CT - - - - - - - Howard E. Richardson, Malaga, WA - - -
- - - Tarleton - - - - - - - - Lambert - - - - - - - - - Gambino - - - - - - - - Graney - - -
- above photos (8) - all taken by Underground -
Two did land in the trees in the "Zuurbeek", before they could escape they became POW
Another - Montello - landed near "den Oldenhof" - brought to Vollenhove by Harmen Visser
policeman Harmen Visser, planning to swith Montello into civil dress, borrowed from his neighbour Mr. Noback
but Visser's chief Nieland afraid for the Germans didn't go along whith this
so Montello became POW and was brought to Zwolle by bus under German guard
( info Montello - Mrs. Martha Krijger ( née Noback ) - 10 Sep 2010 -
Bombardier Andrea Montello - wounded - being shot in the left leg - ( info - MACR )
Some did land near camp "Oostvaart" - "Oosterringweg-Blankenhammerweg" - Section / Kavel M148
While acting as labourers and wearing a coverall they (4) were mixed between the Dutch workers
At the end of the working day they were told to stay in one of the portable cabins - capacity 10 men
while been picked up later that day by the resistance people of Vollenhove - info: Mr. L.F. Huizinga -
S/Sgt. James Harnish - Crew 76 - "Spirit of 76"
All my operations are
dedicated to three people
Betty, Dad, + Mom
clip - Logbook S/Sgt. James Harnish - page 1
- via Terry Harnish (nephew) - 20 Sep 2010 -
33299069 - S/Sgt. James A. Harnish was buried 12 February 1944
on the tiny Cemetery of Baarlo - Grave No. 3 - only 100 yards from crash location -
Finally reinterred to Clarion Cemetery, Clarion - Pennsylvania - info: Rev. James A. Harnish -
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"Crew 76" - Image courtesy 390th BG Memorial Museum
got this one after Woodrow's image - see below - , will see if I can find the original snapshot
back l-r : 2nd Lt. Andrea Montello, 2nd Lt. Howard E. Richardson, 2nd Lt. Charles A. Hadfield, 1st Lt. John G. Burke
front l-r : S/Sgt. Jerome A. Vilk, S/Sgt. Earl S. Lambert, S/Sgt. Woodrow W. Tarleton,
S/Sgt. John F. Graney, S/Sgt. James A. Harnish, S/Sgt. Angelo Gambino
- or move cursor over photo/faces for names -
"Crew 76" - Image courtesy Woodrow Tarleton
- Move cursor over photo/faces for names -
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Crew: Boeing B-17G-5-BO Fortress #42-31218 - "Eto-Itis" - 10 Feb 1944 - MACR #2504
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O-398299 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - John Garrett Burke - POW - Stalag Luft 1
31103599 - O-687193 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Charles Anderson Hadfield - EVD - POW - Stalag 7A
20952435 - O-752505 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Howard E. Richardson - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 3
12052140 - O-686162 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier / Togglier - Andrea Montello - POW - Stalag Luft 1
33365896 - S/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - John Francis Graney - July 2, 1944, Belgium - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 4
33299069 - S/Sgt. - Radio Operator - James Alexander Harnish - KIA
12156963 - S/Sgt. - Ball Turret - Angelo Gambino - July 2, 1944, Belgium - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 4
13049886 - S/Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - Woodrow Wilson Tarleton - EVD
32463578 - S/Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner - Earl Stanley Lambert - EVD
12144770 - S/Sgt. - Tail Gunner - Jerome "Jerry" Arthur Vilk - POW - Stalag Luft 4
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O-398299 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - John Garrett Burke - POW - Stalag Luft 1
born 12 Aug 1917 - died 21 Feb 1989 - Age 71 -
Compound North 1 - Barrack "Unknown" - Room "Unknown" - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
John G. Burke, West Roxbury Boston, Massachusetts
Pilot Burke who left the plane as last; came down on the intersection Kanaalweg/Ettenlandseweg
and was captured right away by the German crew of the Blokzijl post
- info J. H. Belt ( b.1929 ) - 17 Dec 2009
31103599 - O-687193 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Charles Anderson Hadfield
Aug 1944, Antwerpen, Belgium - EVD - POW - Stalag 7A
born 5 Dec 1917, New Britain, CT - died 7 Aug 2008, Bristol, CT - Age 90 -
Son of Ernest D. and Mable F. Hadfield - 17 Cedar St., Hartford , CT - Occupation father: Store owner / Sporting goods -
Siblings: Robert, Melvin. E., Royal W., Myrtle F. and Doris E.
His maternal grandparents were born in Sweden - info: US Census Apr 1930 -
From 1937 to 1940 he was in the Connecticut Army Natonal Guard
married Ms. Margaret Barbara Grem in 1942 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Enlistment: 28 Mar 1942 , Hartford, CT
was transfered via Vollenhove - #01 on list(37) Kingma - to the Underground in the Province of Friesland
Charles Hadfield arrived 4 Aug 1944 at the house of Simon de Cock, Kaatsheuvel
on 6 Aug 1944 he is moving to another safe-house in Kaatsheuvel, Prov. of Brabant
via Harm Jordens, Beulakerweg, Ambt-Vollenhove to Marten Kingma, Voorpoort A 22 g, Vollenhove
after two days he was passed to Jilles Zylstra, Drachten
- info from 'Kingma' helper file - "The National Archives" - received 23 Mar 2011 -
Harm Jordens - born 6 Mar 1924 - died 30 Apr 1970 - Age 46
20952435 - O-752505 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Howard E. Richardson
Aug 1944, Antwerpen, Belgium - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 3
born 10 Jun 1918, North Dakota - died 3 Jun 1990 - Age 71 -
Son of Mr. George H. Richardson and Mrs. Naomi E. Richardson, Chelan county, WA - info census 1930
Enlistment: 3 Feb 1941, Wenatchee, WA - grade: Private - branch: Coast Artillery Corps
National Guard. Federal Service Feb. 1941; transfered to Air Force, Dec. 1942
was transfered via Vollenhove - #02 on list(37) Kingma - to the Underground in the Province of Friesland
Howard Richardson arrived 4 Aug 1944 at the house of Simon de Cock, Kaatsheuvel
on 6 Aug 1944 he is moving to another safe-house in Kaatsheuvel, Prov. of Brabant
Hometown: Malaga, WA - info: Cecil A. Richardson, brother -
"My father did write down some of his story. Did you also know, that I am named
after the women who hid my father during his time in hiding through the help of the underground movement?"
info: 10 Mar 2009 - Petronella 'Nella' Cochran - daughter of Howard E. Richardson – Navigator 'Crew 76' -
via Mr. J. J. J. van Kluijve, Kerkstraat 14, Vollenhove to Marten Kingma, Voorpoort A 22 g, Vollenhove
after two days he was passed to Jilles Zylstra, Drachten
- info from 'Kingma' helper file - "The National Archives" - received 23 Mar 2011 -
12052140 - O-686162 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier / Togglier - Andrea Montello - POW - Stalag Luft 1
born 21 Nov 1919 - died 23 Sep 1985, Tucson, AZ - Age 65 -
KU842 - Andrea Montello - 21 Nov 1919
Enlistment : 12 Mar 1942, Syracuse, NY - Nativity : Italy or San Marino
Address : Mrs. Maria Montello ( mother), 3 Yates Place, Cortland, Cortland County, NY
Compound South - Barrack "Unknown" - Room "Unknown" - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Note: AAD archives - year of birth - 1918 ( What seems wrong )
Familysearch gives also - 21 Nov 1919
33365896 - S/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - John Francis Graney - July 2, 1944, Belgium - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 4
born 19/20 Mar 1919, PA - died 10 Mar 2007 - Age 87 - Profession : Manufacturer
Son of John J. Graney and Mary H. Graney, 555 East Market St., Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., PA - info US Census Apr 1930
enlistment: 31 Aug 1942, Allentown, PA - Nativity: PA - no siblings
grandparents - paternal - born in North Ireland
birth : 19 Mar 1919, German records - 20 Mar 1919, SSDI records - info PATS
Graney was captured by Secret Field Police - 2 July, 07:00am in Charleroi, Belgium
It's Pottsville instead of Pittsville - info PATS
Graney, Gambino and Lyons with fam. Teuwen, Roermond
Address 1945: Mrs. A. M. J. H. Teuwen-Boonen, Godsweerdersingel 23, Roermond
- source Louis H. Breitenbach memoirs - via Bill Breitenbach, son -
If somebody does have more info or better photos .... Let me know - 20 Jun 2009 - PATS
Graney, Gambino and Lyons with fam. Teuwen, Roermond
- With help of his mother, Bill was able to find and scan his originals - 23 Jul 2009
- source Louis H. Breitenbach memoirs - via Bill Breitenbach, son -
33299069 - S/Sgt. - Radio Operator - James Alexander Harnish - KIA
born 1 Oct 1921 - died 10 Feb 1944 - Age 22
Son of Mr. Samuel Wallace Harnish and Mrs. Ana Mae Harnish, Clarion Twp, Clarion Co., PA - info Census 1930
Address: Rural Free Delivery Number One ( RFD #1 ) aka Route #1, Clarion, PA
Jim Harnish in Pennsylvania - - - - - - - - - - - at Trafalgar Square - London - 1943
Jim ( right ) with Earl Lambert ( left ) on Trafalgar Square, London, 1943
- courtesy Harnish family - 25 Sep 2009 -
. . . 1921 - James Alexander Harnish - 1944 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'Jim' - 1943 - USA . . .
right image 1943, USA - via S/Sgt. Woodrow W. Tarleton - 20 Nov 2009
- note - 590 BM GP must be 390 BM GP - PATS -
Statements of Burgomaster W. H. van den Berg, Kuinderstraat, Blokzijl, Holland - 11 and 12 Mar 1946 -
Remains disinterred by 1st Platoon 3059 Quartermaster Gr. Reg. Co.
Arrived 29 Mar 1946 (1630) at Cemetery Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium as unknown X-3307
Burial 18 Apr 1946 (1230) - Plot G Row 5 Grave 119 - U.S. Military Cemetery, Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium
Identified by the Field, approved OQMG, 30 Aug 1946
Repatriated to the United States - 26 Apr 1949 - USAT HAITI VICTORY - arr: 4 May 1949 - NYPE
Arrived Saturday 25 Jun 1949 (0952) RR Station, Emlenton, MA - escort 12233251 S/Sgt. Martin O. Pagan
Transportation ( 22 miles ) by Jenkins Funeral Home to Clarion, PA - Contact 1100 Mr. Samuel W. Harnish
Funeral was held at 1500 hours on Sunday 26 June 1949 - escort did attend
Burial honors were provided by VFW American Legion Post Clarion, PA - ( VFW = Veterans Foreign War )
Flag was presented to Samuel W. Harnish (father)
- info from IDPF Harnish - aka '293' file -
IDPF - Harnish - request 12 Mar 2009 - expecting Sep 2009 - received - 99 pages - 01 Jul 2009
12156963 - S/Sgt. - Ball Turret - Angelo Gambino - July 2, 1944, Belgium - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 4
born 19 Feb 1923
Son of Mr. Joseph Gambino, Brooklyn borough, Kings County, NY
15th Census of United States, 15 April 1930 - gives:
Joseph Gambino, Head - 42 - Widower - born: Italy - US citizenship - 1910
Bennie (M-16 abt.1914), Sydney (M-12 abt. 1918), Rose (F-10 abt. 1920) and Angelo (M-7 abt. 1923) - all born State of New York
Address 1944 - Miss Rose Gambino ( Sister ), 277 Liberty Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Profession : Worker
Gambino was captured by Secret Field Police - 2 July, 07:00am in Charleroi, Belgium
277 Liberty Avenue instead of 277 Liberty Street - info PATS 07 Nov 2009
While in Stalag Luft 4 he was with 37522237 - T/Sgt. James Earl Brooks (RO) - crash B-17G #44-6307 - 25 Nov 1944, Germany
and 33628616 - Sgt. Oscar E. Clayton (TG) - crash B-24H #42-95326 - 29 Jun 1944, Alkmaar (Middenbeemster), Holland
37522237 - James "Jim" Earl Brooks - born 1923, KS - from Pittsburg, KS
33628616 - Oscar Edward "Eddie" Clayton - born 1913 - from Norfolk, VA
Nickname "Gambi" and called himself a "Guinea WOP"
We called him Gambi. He was a little Italian boy from Brooklyn, New York. Everybody liked Gambi
partial info: A Glimpse of Hell: The World War II Years - by James E. Brooks, ISBN - 1588202046
13049886 - S/Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - Woodrow Wilson Tarleton - EVD
born 28 Oct 1917, Baltimore, MD
Son of Theodore and Katherine A. Tarleton, 1200 Lamont Ave, Baltimore City - US Census Apr 1930
Siblings: Theodore J., Barnard S., and Lenona P. Tarleton
address 1944: 3520 Erdman Ave, Baltimore, MD
Enlistment: 03 Jan 1942, Baltimore, MD - Nativity: Maryland
E&E #1955 - 10/11 Sep 1944 - Escape and Evasion Report (9 pages) - see MIS-X reports
E S C A P E - A N D - E V A S I O N - R E P O R T
Interview: 10 and 11 Sep 1944 - return to UK: 11 Sep 1944
13 Missions
Wounded: Sligtly wounded in right leg, by bullet
Occupation: Mechanic
I came down around 13:00pm. I was at once helped by two young farm boys and from then on the organization
took care of me until the Americans came
The chief of the first organization I entered in Brussels was a lady who was called Anne
The woman who placed the men was known as Lena
I stayed almost 3 months with a M. Jonette Schulman, 15 Rue Achille
[Mme Jeanette SCHUURMAN née VANDERHEYDEN, au 15 Rue Achille Jonas à Anderlecht]
She did all she could for me, bring my clothes, etc.
Then I entered another organization headed by a M. Gaston [Gaston MATTHYS]
At the camps [camp d’Acremont-Luchy/camp à Porcheresse]
we were helped by a man named Albert [Albert Louis (forestier)]
- info 11 Sep 1944 - Escape and Evasion report #1955 -
[info from Comete Line - see fiche D216 - Tarleton]
an updated new report can be found at: www.evasioncomete.org
Verified position on 10 Feb 1944 - Woodrow was the "Right Waist Gunner" - info himself - 22 Sep 2010
In evasion report - once helped by two sisters - this should be two young farm boys (teenagers)
In evasion report - I stayed almost 5 months - this is: 3 months
Last contact Woodrow Wilson Tarleton - BD - 28 Oct 2011 - Age 94
32463578 - S/Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner - Earl Stanley Lambert - EVD
born 22 Sep 1921 - died 30 Oct 1990 - Age 69 -
Son of Otis Lambert (father) and Christena Lawrence (mother)
Christena maried (~1929) Stepfather Charles R. Calvert - farm labourer - WV State Route 5, Pendleton Co., WV
Siblings: N. Marie Lawrence (6) and Edwin R. 'Ray' Lawrence (4)- info US Census Apr 1930
Siblings born after Apr 1930 - Clifford Calvert, Ethel Calvert, Hansel Calvert and Irving Calvert
E&E #1935 - 11 Sep 1944 - Escape and Evasion Report (8 pages) - see MIS-X reports
E S C A P E - A N D - E V A S I O N - R E P O R T
Interview: 10 and 11 Sep 1944 - return to UK: 10 Sep 1944
Air Medal - 13 Missions
Address: 9 Jackson Street, Passaic, NY
Occupation: Factory worker
Wounded: - Flak wound on hand and frozen fingers
When and where came you down : 3 miles from Zuiderzee, 13:20
I was helped in Belgium by Georges Chateron - White Army -
- info 11 Sep 1944 - Escape and Evasion report #1935 -
[info from Comete Line - see fiche D138 - Lambert]
an updated new report can be found at: www.evasioncomete.org
Uncle Earl
- image via Christena Peters, niece - 20 Feb 2010
- Christena Peters - daughter of Ethel Calvert, half sister of Earl
12144770 - S/Sgt. - Tail Gunner - Jerome "Jerry" Arthur Vilk - POW - Stalag Luft 4
born 19 Mar 1922 - Enlistment: 21 Sep 1942, New York - Nativity: New York - Religion: Jewish
Married with Beverly Ethel Vilk ( born 23 Aug 1918 - died Jun 1993 - Age 74 ), son's name is Charles
Mr. Charles V. ( also A. ) Vilk and Mrs. Rosalie Esther Vilk ( née Rand )
related addresses - Buena, NJ, Newfield, NJ, Springfield, NJ and North Belmore, Nassau, NY
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extra notes from MACR - FamilySearch - AAD - etc ....
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Earl Stanley Lambert - 1921 - 1990
- image courtesy Lambert family -
Earl S. Lambert - Left Waist Gunner - one of the two EVD's
All the time in Holland he was together with Woodrow Wilson Tarleton
After leaving Meppel, Lambert and Tarleton went by train and bike,
lead by underground members to Maastricht. This journey took about a month
stopping at houses and barns. Stayed for a week in a house in Maastricht
With help of the resistance in a row boat over the border - river Meuse -
Arrived in Liege - Belgium - stayed at a closed Singer Sewing Machine factory
from here they went both another way
Tarleton was taken by different guides to Brussels, stayed in Anderlecht with a family
for about 3 months. After nearly caught in a raid in that house
he was moved to Charleroi for a short time
When the Germans were picking up more underground members they were moved
to an underground maintained camp in the Ardennes Forest near Arlon for 2 months
* Woodrow Tarleton * * * C O M E T E - L I N E S * * * * * * * B-17G * * * * * * * *
Until they were liberated by the Americans. They went by truck to Paris
After 3 days in Paris, he was sent back to his base in England
A month later, early October 1944, he was sent back to the USA
- info: Woodrow Tarleton - 12 Jun 2007 -
Statements of Lambert and Tarleton about the crash were taken 11th of Sep 1944 ( see MACR )
. . . . . . ? Unknown ? . . . . Earl Lambert - right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earl S. Lambert in USA . . . . .
When the 231218 went down it had a total of 18 missions
It was the 2nd time "Crew 76 - Pilot Burke" was on this AC
Mostly flying with the F-models 203332 - 7 times and 230715 - 3 times
four days earlier, February 6th, once with G-model 231691 on mission 12
1st Mission by 'Crew 76' was 3 months earlier, 5th of Dec 1943
Pilot John G. Burke born in Boston on August 12, 1917 passed away on February 21, 1989
at the age of seventy-one after a battle with lung cancer
He is best known as the author, in 1986, of "Cosmis Debris: Meteorites in History"
Professor Emeritus - Dean of Letters & Science - University of California - UCLA (1962-1981)
Here are some facts about the planes "Crew 76" was flying with their 13 missions:
2 times - serial 6332 - B-17G - 5 - BO - #42-31218 - FC-E - "Eto-Itis"
Total - 18 missions - Lost Feb. 10, 1944 - Crash - Baarlo - The Netherlands - MACR 2504
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1 time - serial 6805 - B-17G - 25 - BO - #42-31691 - FC-Q - "Lassie"
Total - 22 missions - Lost Apr. 13, 1944 - Forced landing - Dübendorf, Switzerland - MACR 3948
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7 times - serial 5446 - B-17F - 95 - BO - #42-30332 - FC-N - "Short Stuff" / "Spirit of 76"
Total - 27 missions - Lost Apr. 18 , 1944 - Forced landing - Bulltofta - Southern Sweden - MACR 4012
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3 times - serial 5829 - B-17F - 115 - BO - #42-30715 - FC-Y - "Cincinnati Queen" / "Blues in the Night"
Total - 41 missions - Lost Jun. 21, 1944 - Crew Malcolm M. Dinsmore (MIA) - 1 MIA - 9 POW - Mission Berlin
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"Crew 76" - in front of B-24 - Walla Walla Army Air Base, WA, USA - 1943
back l-r : 2nd Lt. Andrea Montello, 2nd Lt. Howard E. Richardson, 2nd Lt. Charles A. Hadfield, 1st Lt. John G. Burke
front l-r : S/Sgt. Jerome A. Vilk, S/Sgt. Earl S. Lambert, S/Sgt. Woodrow W. Tarleton,
S/Sgt. John F. Graney, S/Sgt. James A. Harnish, S/Sgt. Angelo Gambino
photo courtesy 'Woody' - Mr. Woodrow W. Tarleton - 20 Nov 2009
Today I had the chance to meet one of the members of Uncle Jim's flight crew
when they were shot down over Holland.
I met with he and his wife this afternoon and talked for a couple hours.
He is 92 years old, and except for vision issues, is in great health.
I have attached a picture I took in his home office ( see below )
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He had some very interesting information from that time, and I showed him some pictures of our families, too.
They are a great couple and it was wonderful being able to spend time with them.
Thanks to our friend PATS in Holland for all the work he has done to make this day possible!!
Terry Harnish
Visit Terry Harnish to Tarleton's - 07 Feb 2010 -
- image via Terry Harnish, nephew - 07 Feb 1010
SGLO - T3392
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Contact Tarleton is pending - 12 May 2007 - PATS
Contact Lambert is pending - 23 May 2007 - PATS
Contact Harnish is pending - 30 Aug 2007 - PATS
Contact Richardson is pending - 12 Feb 2009 - PATS
Contact Graney is pending - 10 Mar 2009 - PATS
Contact Hadfield is pending - 10 Mar 2009 - PATS
Last update - 18 Nov 2011 - PATS
Blokzijl - Roomsloot -
- 4.5 mi N of Vollenhove -
Blokzijl - General Cemetery - 5th of May 2009 - by PATS
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RAF 57 Sqdn. - Lancaster III - JB420-DX-S - Operation: Berlin - Tue 15/02/1944
On this link there are some "typos" - Blotzijl instead of Blokzijl
further the listed crew is not correct !!!! Did sent an email with correct crew - see below -
- 21 March 2007 - PATS
The Lancaster was shot down by a German fighter and came down near Blokzijl
Exact location "Roomsloot", that's 1 mile east of Baarlo
All seven crew members are buried in Blokzijl
1497697 Sgt. ( Air Gnr.)
NORTH, LESLIE15/02/1944 - RAFVR - UKCWGC ref. 2820395 - Grave 127. Blokzijl |
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1391807 Sgt. ( W. Op. / Air Gnr. )
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1390520 Flt. Sgt. ( Air Bomber )
MUNDAY, ARNOLDAge 27 - 15/02/1944 - RAFVR - UKCWGC ref. 2820394 - Grave 129. Blokzijl |
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1607202 Sgt. ( Flt. Engineer )
DOYE, PETER JAMESAge 22 - 15/02/1944 - RAFVR - UKCWGC ref. 2820391 - Grave 130. Blokzijl |
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1594035 Sgt. (Air Gunner)
MELL, ERNESTAge 35 - 15/02/1944 - RAFVR - UKCWGC ref. 2820393 - Grave 131. Blokzijl |
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1488758 Sgt. ( Navigator)
SWANSTON, LESLIE SETON DEWARAge 20 - 15/02/1944 - RAFVR - UKCWGC ref. 2820396 - Grave 132. Blokzijl |
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55018 Flying Officer ( Pilot)
BRIGGS, THOMAS WATTAge 29 - 14/09/1914 - 15/02/1944 - RAFVR - UKCWGC ref. 2820390 - Grave 133. Blokzijl |
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Hugh Alexander Briggs - born 18 May 1936, Prestonkirk - died 15 Feb 2002, USA - Age 65
Thomas Watt Briggs Jr. - born 10 May 1940, East Linton - died 23 Dec 1954, East Linton - Age 14½
- move cursor over image 'Tom and Hugh' for 'as-new' image - retouch by PATS 2009 -
9 Nov 1927 - Thomas Watt Briggs - East Linton Primary school
- school photo via John Robson - 29 Oct 2007 -
Treasurer - Dunpender Community Council - East Linton, Scotland
Blokzijl - 7 Commonwealth War Graves - Crew Lancaster JB420 DX-S
- initial wooden grave markers -
l-r: Grave 127 - North, 128 - Lewis, 129 - Munday, 130 - Doye, 131 - Mell, 132 - Swanston, 133 - Briggs
- photo courtesy Ted and Maggie ( née Lewis ) - 8 Feb 2009 -
127 - . - 128 - . - 129 - . - 130 - . - 131 - . - 132 - . - 133
11-11-11 - Poppy Day - Blokzijl - 11-11-11
Poppies are placed in Blokzijl since 11 Nov 2006 by Colin and Tina Moggridge from the UK
more details with news and photos - opens in new tab/window -
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Crew: Lancaster III - JB420 - DX - S - 15 Feb 1944 - Mission: Berlin
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523059 - 55018 - Flying Officer - Pilot - T. W. Briggs ( Thomas Watt ) - RAFVR - Age 29 - KIA
1607202 - Sgt. - Flt. Engineer - P. J. Doye ( Peter James ) - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
1488758 - Sgt. - Navigator - L. S. D. Swanston ( Leslie Seton Dewar ) - RAFVR - Age 20 - KIA
1390520 - Flt. Sgt. - Air Bomber - A. Munday ( Arnold ) - RAFVR - Age 27 - KIA
1391807 - Sgt. - W.Operator / Air Gunner - H. Lewis ( Harry ) Jr. - RAFVR - Age 32 - KIA
1594035 - Sgt. - Air Gunner - E. Mell ( Ernest ) - RAFVR - Age 34 - KIA
1497697 - Sgt. - Rear Air Gunner - L. North ( Leslie 'Les' ) - RAFVR - Age .. - KIA
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523059 - 55018 - Flying Officer - Pilot - Thomas Watt Briggs - RAFVR - Age 29 - KIA
of East Linton, East Lothian, UK - Grave 133 - Blokzijl General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820390
born 14 Sep 1914, Innverwick, Haddington - [ Haddington is now East Lothian ] -
Son of Hugh Briggs [ Ploughman, Farm Grieve ] and Isabella Briggs ( née Marr ) ;
husband of Christina Shiels Hepburn Briggs ( née Kerr ), of East Linton, East Lothian, UK
marriage - 31 Dec 1935 - , The Old Parish Church, Prestonkirk, East Lothian - [ Church of Scotland ] -
father of Hugh Alexander Briggs ( 1936 - 2002 ) and Thomas Watt Briggs Jr. ( 1940 - 1954 )
Thomas Watt Briggs Jr. died 23 Dec 1954 - Age 14½ - , East Linton
Hugh Alexander Briggs - died 15 Feb 2002 - Age 65 - reinterred USA - see headstone Briggs family
- additional info via Patricia 'Trish' Irving - 22 Aug 2009 -
1607202 - Sgt. - Flt. Engineer - Peter James Doye - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
of Boreham Wood (Borehamwood), Hertfordshire, UK - Grave 130 - Blokzijl General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820391
born 1st Qtr. 1922 - mother's surname Naylor - district Barnet
Son of Fred and Bertha Matilda Doye (née Naylor), of Boreham Wood (Borehamwood), Hertfordshire, UK
marriage 4th Qtr. 1906 - Fred Doye and Bertha Naylor - district Barnet, Hertfordshire, UK
Fred Doye - born 1st Qtr. 1878, district Epping, Essex, UK
Bertha Matilda Doye - born 1st Qtr. 1880, district Hendon, Middlesex, UK
birth, death and marriage - districts Barnet, Basford and Barnstaple
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Mary Doye (mother Naylor) - 3rd Qtr. 1911 - Likely sibling of Peter James Doye
Bertha F. Doye (mother Naylor) - 3rd Qtr. 1914 - Likely sibling of Peter James Doye
Peter J. Doye (mother Naylor) - 1st Qtr. 1922
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Note 1: Only one marriage in UK - Doye / Naylor - (1900-1930)
Note 2: Marriage - Mary Doye - 1st Qtr. 1943 - to Mr. Thomas E. Peck, district Basford
Note 3: Mary Doye also written as Mary Doyl in marriage to Thomas E. Peck
Note 4: Mary Peck (née Doye), born 1911 - died 7 Aug 1978, Barnstaple, Devonshire, UK - Age 67
Note 5: Thomas Edward Peck, born 1913 - died 4 December 1978, Barnstaple, Devonshire, UK - Age 65
Note 6: Marriage - Bertha F. Doye - 2nd Qtr. 1943 - to Mr. Dennis H. Attewell, district Barnet, Middlesex, UK
Dennis H. Attewell - born 1st Qtr. 1911 - district Basford
1488758 - Sgt. - Navigator - Leslie Seton Dewar Swanston - RAFVR - Age 20 - KIA
of Tweedmouth, Northumberland, UK - Grave 132 - Blokzijl General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820396
born 3rd Qtr. 1923 - mother's surname Gleig - district Berwick
Son of Robert John and Constance Sylvia Swanston (née Gleig), of Tweedmouth, Northumberland, UK
Marriage: 1st Qtr. 1921 - Robert John Swanston to Constance Sylvia Gleig - district Gateshead
Robert John Swanston (d.1958) - Constance Sylvia Swanston (b.1900 - d.1951 - Age 51)
brother of Eileen P. Swanston (b.1921 - d. 1990 - Age 69) - Berwick, UK
Robert D. Swanston (b.1922) - Berwick, UK
and Philip William Swanston (b.1930 - d.2004 - Age 74)
- contact with his brother Robert Donald 'Don' Swanston - 25 May 2010 -
His brother Don did join the Fleet Air Arm ( FAA) as a pilot
and did train in America. Pensacola, FL and Fort Lauderdale, FL
Flew Stearmans, Vultee Valiants, Havards and Corsairs
Sgt. Leslie S. D. Swanston - RAFVR . . . . . . . . R. Donald Swanston - FAA
- images via Don Swanston (brother) - 29 May 2010
Wishes Navigator to W.Op's daughter Margaretta - 23-9-43
- Writing / Autograph - Les Swanston - via Ted and Maggie Yeend ( née Lewis ) - 8 Feb 2009
1390520 - Flt. Sgt. - Air Bomber - Arnold Munday - RAFVR - Age 27 - KIA
of Deal, Kent, UK - Grave 129 - Blokzijl General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820394
born 1st Qtr. 1917 - mother's surname Spencer - district Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK
Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Munday ( née Spencer ), of Deal, Kent, UK
marriage 2nd Qtr. 1911 - Herbert Munday and Elizabeth Spencer - district Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK
birth, death and marriage - district Chesterfield:
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Vera Munday (mother Spencer) - 1st Qtr. 1912 - Likely sibling of Arnold
Marjorie Munday (mother Spencer) - 4th Qtr. 1914
Muriel Munday (mother Spencer) - 2nd Qtr. 1915
Arnold Munday (mother Spencer) - 1st Qtr. 1917
Colin Munday (mother Spencer) - 2nd Qtr. 1919 - (likely death - 2nd Qtr. 1920 - age 0 )
Joan Munday (mother Spencer) - 3rd Qtr. 1922 - Joan or Raymond likely sibling
Raymond Munday (mother Spencer) - 4th Qtr. 1922 - Raymond or Joan likely sibling
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Note 1: Marriage - Arthur Munday - 2nd Qtr. 1914 - to Ms. Pollie Spencer
Note 2: Death - Colin Munday - 2nd Qtr. 1920 - Age 0 - district Chesterfield
Note 3: Marriage - Marjorie Munday - 4th Qtr. 1936 - to Mr. John C. Parsons
1391807 - Sgt. - W.Operator / Air Gunner - Harry Lewis Jr. - RAFVR - Age 32 - KIA
of South Wales, UK - Grave 128 - Blokzijl General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820392
born 30 Aug 1911, Glanamman, Llandilofawr, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, UK - died 15 Feb 1944, Blokzijl, The Netherlands - Age 32
Son of Harry Lewis Sr. and Rose Lewis ( née Laws ), Llandilofawr, Carmarthenshire, South Wales,UK
Harry Lewis Sr. married 14th November 1910 Miss Rose laws, Llandilofawr, Carmarthenshire, South Wales - Occupation : Carpenter
Husband of Sarah Pulsford and father of three children
Daughter Maggie ( 1939 ), Son Michael ( 1940 ) and Stepson David ( 1936 ) - info Maggie Yeend ( née Lewis ) -
Cwmllynfell is in the Parish of Llangiwg, Glamorgan, South Wales, UK
Glanamman is 5 miles from Cwmllynfell, Glamorgan, South Wales, UK
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Welsh: Morgannwg)
Harry Lewis Sr. was a coal miner
Sarah Pulsford was born 1st Qtr. 1911 - district Bedwellty, UK
1st marriage - 1st Qtr. 1935 with Harold Jacob
son David J. H. P. Jacob was born 1st Qtr. 1936
2nd marriage - 28 Dec 1938 - with Harry Lewis
3rd marriage - ~1952 - with Eddie Jones
info Ted and Maggie Yeend ( née Lewis ) - 19 Aug 2009 - 05 Nov 2009
Sarah and Harry Lewis - September 1943
- image courtesy daughter Margaretta "Maggie" -
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Father, Maggie , Mother
- image courtesy daughter Margaretta "Maggie" -
- Forget me not Darlings, Daddy - 23-1-44 -
Writing in family book by Harry, 3 weeks before his crash
Margaretta "Maggie" (left) - Summer 43 - Michael (right)
- courtesy Maggie Yeend ( née Lewis ) - 10 Feb 2009 -
1594035 - Sgt. - Air Gunner - Ernest Mell - RAFVR - Age 34 - KIA
of UK - Grave 131 - Blokzijl General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820393
born 3rd Qtr. 1909 - mother's surname Shaw - district Bramley
Son of Harry and Mary Ann Mell ( née Wheetman )
husband of Megan Vera Mell ( née Shaw ), of Wrose, Shipley, Yorkshire, UK
Megan Vera Shawn - born 4th Qtr. 1910 - district Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
marriage 3rd Qtr. 1936, district North Bierley, Yorkshire (nowadays West Yorkshire)
son Philip A. Mell - born 1st Qtr. 1939 - district Keighley, West Yorkshire
daughter Marcia A. Mell - born 3rd Qtr. 1941 - district Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK
Siblings: Elizabeth Mell ( 1911 ) - Bramley ; Janet Mell ( 1915 ) - Bramley
Dorathie M. Mell ( 1916 ) - Bramley ; and Phyllis Mell ( 1923 ) - North Bierley
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Marcia A. Mell was united in mariage on 19 Jun 1965, Wrose, Yorkshire, England to Rex Cadet Vernon, Oberlin, KS, USA
Marcia A. Vernon (née Mell), born 26 Aug 1941, UK - died 24 Jul 2000, Kansas, USA - Age 58
Rex C. Vernon, born 01 Feb 1941, Oberlin, Kansas - died 29 Dec 2009, Independence, Kansas, USA - Age 68
Sgt. Ernest Mell - RAFVR
left: Ernest in uniform - middle: Ernest and Megan's wedding
right: Ernest, Megan, Philip and Marcia - ( the only one taken with family)
- images via Philip Mell (son) - 20 Jun 2010 -
1497697 - Sgt. - Rear Air Gunner - Leslie North - RAFVR - Age .. - KIA
of UK - Grave 127 - Blokzijl General Cemetery - WGC ref. 2820395
Wishes Rear Gunner to W.Op's daughter Margaretta - 17-8-43
Sgt. Les North - 29 O.T.U. ( Operational Training Unit ) Bruntingthorpe
- Writing / Autograph - Les North - via Ted and Maggie Yeend ( née Lewis ) - 8 Feb 2009
LESLIE NORTH - Churwell War Memoral - South of Leeds - Yorkshire
birth, death and marriage - district Leeds:
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???? Leslie North (mother North) - 1st Qtr. 1920 ????
???? Lawrence North (mother North) - 1st Qtr. 1925 ????
???? Olive North (mother North) - 3rd Qtr. 1928 ????
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Note 1: Possible right Lesslie with siblings - Churwell is in district Leeds
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All : United Kingdom and from 57 Sqdn.
All : Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - RAFVR
"THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
Standing centre place in East Linton park is the War Memorial
In honoured memory of the men of East Linton and the Parish of Prestonkirk
who gave their lives in the Great War.
THOMAS W. BRIGGS
Prestonkirk Churchyard, East Lothian, Scotland
- images ( except with 2 wreaths ) courtesy Evan Clark -
SGLO - T3414
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Contact Lewis is pending - 05 Dec 2008 - PATS
Contact Briggs is pending - 22 Aug 2009 - PATS
Contact Mell is pending - 13 May 2009 - PATS
Contact Swanston is pending - 25 May 2009 - PATS
Last update - 25 Nov 2011 - PATS
Kuinre - 5
- 10 miles NNW of Vollenhove -
Kuinre - General Cemetery - 11th of May 2006 - by PATS
- 5 Commonwealth graves - 1 CAN - 4 UK -
- move cursor over flags for name and grave number -
Noordoostpolder - Baarloseweg - Kavel R-34 -
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SGLO - T1293 Wellington R1757-DX-? - Sunday 12 Oct. 1941 - ( 21:15 ) 21:50 57 Squadron RAF - Crew Sgt. A. W. Jeffries - Operation: Nuremburg 5 KIA - 1 POW |
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The Wellington Mk. I C did airborne 19:00 from RAF Feltwell, Norfolk, UK
came down around ( 21:15 ) 21:50 on "kavel R-34" - 2 miles south of Blankenham
after it was shot down by a fighter of 4/NJG 1. on his way to Nuremburg
P/O Myers was found directly and buried 16 October 1941 in Kuinre
Four were found after the war and buried 5 March 1948 in Emmeloord
1207719 - W/O ( Tail Gunner) L. Rickard could bail out, but was captured in Blokzijl
he was interned in Camps 8B/L6/357, POW No. 24394
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Crew: Wellington R1757-DX-? - 12 Oct 1941 - Mission: Nuremburg
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1259260 - Sgt. - Pilot - Arthur William Jeffries - RAFVR - Age 29 - KIA
R78189 - J/5331 - Pilot Officer - Co-Pilot - Hilyard Lowell Myers - RCAF - Age 23 - KIA
404531 - Sgt. - Observer - Percy Frederick Meadows Cooke - RNZAF - Age 21 - KIA
1261700 - Sgt. - W.Operator / Air Gunner - William Chistopher Wood - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
R/68121 - Flight Sgt. - Air Gunner - William Harold Stanley Byers - RCAF - Age 28 - KIA
1207719 - W/O - Tail Gunner - Leonard 'Len' Rickard - RAF - Age 29 - POW
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Pilot Officer - Hillyard Lowell Myers
Newspaper clipping - Source: Globe and Mail - January 31, 1942
Buried in Germany.
Official information from England stating that their son, Pilot Officer Hillyard Lowell Myers,
who was reported missing on Oct. 14, 1941, as a result of air operations two days previously,
had been killed and was buried in a Protestant cemetery at Kuinre, Germany,
was received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Myers 249 Arlington Avenue, Toronto.
The cablegram stated that official German information had been received at R.C.A.F. headquarters in
England as to Pilot Officer Myers' death, and the exact location of his grave in the cemetery was given
Pilot Officer Myers, 23 years of age, was a native of Saint John, NB, but came to Toronto at an early age.
He was a graduate of Vaughan Road Collegiate, and while a student there was prominent in sports
particularly in basketball, baseball and hockey.
He enlisted in October, 1940 and trained at Eglinton, Malton and Camp Borden, receiving his wings and
commission at Camp Borden on May 17 last, ranking second in his class. He proceeded overseas late
in June 1941, but while at Halifax, awaiting embarkation, he was selected as the R.C.A.F. representative
in a guard for the Victory Torch of last year's War Loan, prior to the departure of the Torch overseas
As a result of an accident to his aircraft, following a raid on Germany last August, he and the other
members of the crew were in hospital for a couple of weeks, but upon rejoining his squadron
he was appointed captain of a Wellington bomber in September.
A little over a month after resuming operations he was reported missing.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a younger brother, Billy.
Kuinre is not in Germany, but in Holland
so the headline should be "Buried in Holland"
Extract from German Document E.V.1207/41
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Type of Aircraft : Not Stated
Date and time of crash : 12 Nov 1941 at 21:50 hrs
Other sources do have 21:15 - need check - PATS
Nature of crash: Shot down by night fighter and totally destroyed
Crew: 1 - J/5331 P/O H. L. Myers - Row 23 Grave No. 31
No information regarding the rest of the crew in German documents
Cemetery: Burial on 16 Oct 1941 with military honours in the Protestant Cemetery Kuinre - Northern Holland
Other information: Death Card hold shows similar information - date 15 Jan 1947 -
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- info 'Record of Service Airman' - received 20 Aug 2009 -
J/5331 Pilot Officer ( Pilot )
MYERS, HILYARD LOWELLAge 23 - 12/10/1941 - CAN – RCAFCWGC ref. 2820538 - Row: 22 - Grave: 40A - Kuinre |
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R78189 - J/5331 - Pilot Officer - Co-Pilot - Hilyard Lowell Myers - RCAF - Age 23 - KIA
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Row: 22 - Grave: 40A - Kuinre General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820538
born 27 Mar 1918, Saint John, New Brunswick - died 12 Oct 1941, Kuinre, The Netherlands - Age 23
Son of George Lowell Myers and Blanche Ernestine Myers ( née Dalzell ), 249 Arlington Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Brother of Bill A. Myers
Occupation : Analyser - Telephone Inspector [ Northern Electric Co. ] - Religion : United Church
Attestation Paper - 20 Jul 1940 - R78189 - Posted to No. 1 Manning Depot - Trade : Air Crew ( Pilot or Observer )
Enlistment - 15 Oct 1940 - Declaration / Oath / - RCAF Recruting Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Special Reserve - R78189 - AC2 - 15 Oct 1940
LAC - 8 Dec 1940; T/Sgt. - 16 May 1941; Pilot Officer - 17 May 1941
Pilot Wings - 16 May 1941
Embarked Canada - 19/20 Jun 1941
Missing - 12 Nov 1941 ; Presumed dead - 12 Oct 1941
Age given on 24 March 1942: Father (50) ~1892, Mother (46) ~1896 and Brother (18) ~1924
Mariage - 15 Mar 1917, Saint John, NB
Hilyard was resident for 7 years in New Brunswick, 3 years in Quebec and 11 years in Ontario
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PCX653 - 29 Oct 1943 - Official German information states P/O Myers buried Municipal Cemetery Kuinre, Province of Overijssel
grave No. 40A row 22 and not row 23 grave no.31 as stated previously (43/29)
1207719 - W/O - Tail Gunner - Leonard 'Len' Rickard - RAF - Age 29 - POW
baled out, but was captured in Blokzijl - interned in Camps 8B/L6/357, POW No. 24394
Address - as in letter 9 Jul 1943 ( source records NZ404531 - Observer - P. F. M. Cooke )
Mrs. L. Rickard ( wife ), 17 Durban Road, Peverell, Plymouth, Devon, UK
Leonard with wife Rose and daughter Margaret
- image via Carol Knapman, eldest grandchild - 20 Feb 2010 -
Leonard 'Len' Rickard - born 09 Oct 1912, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK - died 07 Dec 1987 - Age 75
Son of John and Emma ( née Price ) Rickard, district Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK
Siblings - 2 older sisters and 1 younger brother -
He was a prisioner of war from 13.10.1941 until 11.05.1945 - ?Stalag Luft 3? -
Spent his life in Plymouth, Devon, England. Married Rose Perkins - 24 Aug 1935
Oldest daughter Margaret R. (b.1936) - youngest daughter Barbara (b.1947)
Len drove buses for Plymouth Corporation for over 30 years
- info via eldest grand-daughter Carol Knapman - 20 Feb 2010 -
Discrepancy - POW Camps - next of kin thought the crash was over Germany - info PATS
SGLO - T1293
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See for other four(4) crew members of Wellington R1757 - below at Cemetery Emmeloord
RCAF - Service records - Myers - request 14 Jul 2009 - received 20 Aug 2009 - PATS -
Contact Rickard is pending - 20 Jan 2010 - PATS
Last update - 10 May 2010 - PATS
Kuinre - Rondebroek -
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SGLO - T2854 35th Sqn RAF - Pathfinder Force 8 Group Halifax Mk.II - HR878-TL-"J" for Johnny - Tuesday 31 Aug 1943 Crashed 1.5 km E of Kuinre - 4 KIA - 2 POW - 1 EVD |
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Serial range HR832 - HR880. 49 Halifax Mk.II. Part of a batch of 250 HP59 Halifax Mk.II
Halifax Mk.II - HR878-TL-"J" was airborne at - 20:21 - from Graveley, Huntingdonshire,
outbound at 16,000 ft for a raid on Berlin
The Halifax was picked up by search lights and some flak
Starboard wing was damaged due an attack - 22:41 - by the ME-110 Nightfighter
of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer ( 12. NJG 1 ) - The "HR878-TL-J" was his 23rd victim
The plane, out of control, crashed 1.5 km East of Kuinre ( area Rondebroek )
Wilfred "Wilf" Surtees, George Wooley and Harry Penny were able to bail out
The other four, Sutton, Newsham, Brown and Griffin were KIA and buried at the Cemetery in Kuinre
Crash photos HR878 from Schnaufer's album - via Wim Govaerts
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Crew: Halifax Mk.II - HR878-TL-"J" - 31 Aug 1943 - Mission: Berlin
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70876 - Squadron Leader - Pilot - Wilfred "Wilf" Surtees - DFC - UK - RAF - POW - No.2486 - Stalag Luft 3
614729 - 52566 - Pilot Officer - Flt. Engineer - Edward James Brown - RAF - Age 22 - KIA
741628 - 751794 - 79755 - Flight Lieutenant - Navigator - George Newsham - DFC - RAFVR - Age 29 - KIA
1402920 - 148818 - Sgt. - Air Bomber - Henry George Wilfred Wooley - UK - RAF - POW - No.2487 - Stalag Luft 3
1060628 - 139204 - Flying Officer - W.Operator / Air Gunner - Herbert "Harry" Arthur Penny - UK - RAF - EVD
1033490 - Sgt. - Mid Air Gunner - Thomas Henry Sutton - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
848343 - Flight Sgt. - Tail Air Gunner - James Russell Griffin - Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) - Age 31 - KIA
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70876 - Squadron Leader - Pilot - Wilfred "Wilf" Surtees - DFC - UK - RAF - POW - No.2486 - Stalag Luft 3
Son of Mrs. Surtees, 16 Greenwood Avenue, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
Husband of Mrs. T. Surtees, Station Square, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
The London Gazette issues:
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12 Apr 1938 - issue 34501 - page 2459
21 Feb 1939 - issue 34600 - page 1214
9 Apr 1940 - issue 34826 - page 2072
5 Nov 1940 - issue 34986 - page 6395
11 May 1943 - issue 36015 - page 2155
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SURTEES, Wilfred, SL - DFC - 14 May 1943 - 77 Sqn - RAFVR
DFC = Distinguished Flying Cross
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- under construction - PATS 15 Aug 2009
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- 5 out of 15 issues are listed here - info PATS
source: www.london-gazette.co.uk/search
Remark - at POW list 77876 is given accidently for Surtees - It's 70876 !!!!
Squadron Leader - Pilot - Wilfred 'Wilf' Surtees
- at crash location and final salvage by RNLAF of HR878 - 29 Aug 1964 -
- source - page 51 - 'In de schaduw van de glorie" - S. L. Veenstra -
614729 - 52566 - Pilot Officer - Flt. Engineer - Edward James Brown - RAF - Age 22 - KIA
of Eastry, Kent, UK - Row: 22 - Grave: 40D - Kuinre General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820536
born 1st Qtr. 1922; district Dover, Kent, UK
Son of Eric James Brown and Florence Ethel Brown ( née Marsh ), Shangrila, Eastry, Sandwich, Kent, UK
The London Gazette issues:
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6 Aug 1943 - issue 36127 - page 3590 - 19 Jun 1943 - RAF - Sgt. - 614729 - Edward James Brown (52566)
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52566 - Pilot Officer ( Flt. Engineer )
BROWN, EDWARD JAMES22 - 31/08/1943 - UK – RAFCWGC ref. 2820536 - Row: 22 - Grave: 40D - Kuinre |
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741628 - 751794 - 79755 - Flight Lieutenant - Navigator - George Newsham - DFC - RAFVR - Age 29 - KIA
of Leeds, Yorkshire, UK - Row: 22 - Grave: 40C - Kuinre General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820539
born 05 Dec 1913, Edmonton, St. Peter's, Middlesex, UK - Religion: Church of England
741628 - Pilot's Service Record - George Newsham
Enlisted in RAFVR: 4 Jun 1938 with No. 741628 for Pilot training - Occupation: Stockbroker's Clerk
Discharged: 12 Sep 1938 - unlikely to become efficient Pilot
Enlisted in RAFVR: 8 Jun 1939 with No. 751794 as AC2 for Observer training - Mobilized 2 Sep 1939
Son of Alfred and Emily Brenda Newsham ( née Heap ), 51 Chester Rd, Lower Edmonton, London, N.9
husband of Olive Margaret Newsham ( née Whitaker ), of Leeds, Yorkshire, UK - marriage 02 Jan 1942
address Mrs. Olive M. Newsham, 67 Caversham Avenue, Palmers Green, London, N.13
marriage parents - 4th Qtr. 1904 : Mr. Alfred Newsham and Ms. Emily Brenda Heap
Siblings: Alfred Richard Newsham - born 1905
Emily Maria May Newsham - born 1908 - died 1923 - Age 14
May Newsham - born 1910
and Kathleen 'Kit' F. Newsham - born 1918
Teunis hello,
Lovely to hear from you
My mother was Kathleen (Kit) and she married David Henry James Newman 17 Oct 1939
They had three children, Mark (me), Linda and Christopher
With all best wishes
Mark - 18 Jan 2012
Mrs. Olive Margaret Whitaker - remarried 1946 with Mr. John Douglas Dant - info PATS - 14 Aug 2009
source - family tree Dant by Blenda Ainsworth ( née Dant )
Newsclip - DFC - Flight Lieutenant George Newsham
Southgate & Palmers Green Weekly Herald - via Mo and Mark Newman - 22 Jun 2011
. . . . . . 3 images with Navigator F/L George Newsham - DFC . . . . . .
Memorial F/L George Newsham . . . . . . . . . . . Memorials - General Cemetery Kuinre . . . .
- images via Mark Newman (nephew) - 31 Mar 2010 -
The London Gazette issues:
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25 Jun 1940 - issue 34881 - page 3868 - 2 Jun 1940 - RAFVR - Leading Aircraftman - 751794 George Newsham (79755)
18 Jul 1941 - issue 35222 - page 4129 - 2 Jun 1941 - RAFVR - Flying Officer - George Newsham (79755)
21 Jul 1942 - issue 35643 - page 3242 - 2 Jun 1942 - RAFVR - Flg. Off. to be Flt. Lt. (war sub.) - G. Newsham (79755)
6 Jul 1943 - issue 36084 - page 3094 - 9 Jul 1943 - RAFVR - DFC - Flight Lieutenant - George Newsham (79755) - 77 Squadron
DFC = Distinguished Flying Cross
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79755 - Flight Lieutenant ( Nav.)
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1402920 - 148818 - Sgt. - Air Bomber - Henry George Wilfred Wooley - UK - RAF - POW - No.2487 - Stalag Luft 3
Henry G. W. Wooley - born 1st Qtr. 1917, district Kensington - mother's surname Ewing
Son of Ernest E. Wooley (father) and Jessie Wooley (née Ewing) (mother)
Marriage parents - 3rd Qtr. 1914 - Mr. Ernest E. Wooley to Mrs. Jessie Ewing - district Kensington, UK
Husband of Mrs. J. H. Wooley (wife), 2 Brunswick Garage, Eastbourne Grove, London, W.11
Marriage - 4th Qtr. 1940 - Henry G. Wooley to Mrs. Josephine McArran - distict Surrey North Eastern, Surrey, UK
younger brother of Ernest E. W. Wooley (3rd Qtr. 1915) (brother) - district Kensington, UK
Name: WOOLEY
My grandfather - Ernest Edward WOOLEY - all I know is that he was born in Wales in the late 1800's
would appreciate any ideas you have to trace him
he married ( 1914 ) Jessie EWING and had 2 sons - Ernest ( 1915 ) and then George ( 1917 )
before he became 'the black sheep of the family' because he left Jessie
and lived with Ray and had a son - Eric - by her - he was based in London - I think
- source - www.cityark.medway.gov.uk/ump/ - with broken email - ability@ihug.co.nz -
birth 3rd Qtr. 1931 - Eric E. Wooley and Eric E. Davidson - district Willesden, Middlesex - mother's surname Davidson
birth 1st Qtr. 1886 - Ernest Edward Wooley - district Chelsea, Middlesex
birth 3rd Qtr. 1904 - Aralia Florence Davidson - district Bradfield
marriage - 4th Qtr. 1940 - Henry G. W. Wooley - Josephine McArran - Surrey North Eastern
marriage - 4th Qtr. 1951 - Ernest Edward Wooley with Aralia Florence Davidson - Surrey North Eastern
- additional info : Wales Genealogy Forum - by Sandra -
The London Gazette issues:
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27 Aug 1943 - issue 36152 - page 3872 - 6 Jun 1943 - RAFVR - Sgt. - 1402920 - Henry George Wilfred Wooley (148818)
7 Dec 1943 - issue 36280 - page 5384 - 6 Dec 1943 - RAFVR - Flight Officer on probation - H. G. W. Wooley (148818)
5 Jun 1945 - issue 37114 - page 2893 - 6 Jun 1945 - RAFVR - Flg. Off. to Flight Lieutenant - H. G. W. Wooley (148818)
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- 3 out of 3 issues are listed here - info PATS
source: www.london-gazette.co.uk/search
Surtees and Wooley were taken POW and transfered to the Polish border, Stalag Luft III - Sagan
1060628 - 139204 - Flying Officer - W.Operator / Air Gunner - Herbert "Harry" Arthur Penny - UK - RAF - EVD
born 1 Feb 1922; district Poplar
Son of Samuel G. Penny and Edith E. Penny ( née Loates ); 453 Southend Road, Elm Park, Romford, Essex, UK
Husband of Mrs. H. Penny; 25 Pole Hill Road, Chingford, London, UK
Siblings of Harry: Ivy Louise ( b.1913 ), Samuel George ( b.1915 ) and William Walter Penny ( b.1917 )
Penny did evade and was brought back to the UK via Gribaltar with help of the resistance
Penny was transfered through Belgium and France by the "Comète-line"
passing the Pyrenees Mountains to Spain at the 1st of November 1943
www.cometeline.org
an updated new report can be found at: www.evasioncomete.org
. . . . . In the garden of Leplat's at Brussels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanks to Simone Leplat - 16 Oct 1943
l-r: Harry Penny, Irma (mother of Simone), Paul F. Shipe and Hector Leplat
sources images Jacques Leplat - via evasioncomete.org - 06 Nov 2011
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The London Gazette issues:
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26 Feb 1943 - issue 35923 - page 1028 - 18 Dec 1942 - RAFVR - Sgt. - 1060628 Herbert Arthur Penny (139204)
8 Jun 1944 - issue 36544 - page 2624 - 2 Jun 1944 - RAFVR - Flying Officer - H. A. Penny (139204)
28 Feb 1947 - issue 37895 - page 987 - 29 Jun 1945 - RAF - Flying Officer - H. A. Penny (139204)
20 Jul 1948 - issue 38477 - page 6475 - 30 Jul 1948 - RAF - Flight Lt. (permanent) - Herbert Arthur Penny (139204)
1 Jan 1959 - issue 41589 - page 9 - 1 Jan 1959 - RAF - Ordinary Commander to be Most Excellent Order
Squadron Leader - Herbert Arthur Penny (139204)
31 Dec 1963 - issue 43210 - page 79 - 1 Jan 1964 - RAF - Squadron Leader to Wing Commander - H. A. Penny - OBE (139204)
29 Dec 1967 - issue 44493 - page 84 - 1 Jan 1968 - RAF - Wing Commander to Group Captain - H. A. Penny - OBE (139204)
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- 7 out of 19 issues are listed here - info PATS
source: www.london-gazette.co.uk/search
Questionnaire for helpers of Allied Personnel - clips - Jan Jette de Boer - Oct 1945
Jan Jette de Boer, Wijk 4 - 10a, Ossenzijl - born 22 Mar 1914 - Age 29 - Nativity: Dutch
Jan Jette de Boer, Wachtmeester R.V.A. III-1 - Married - One child: Age 2
relative: Johan de Boer, Ossenzijl - Age 60
Supplied to Harry Penny: One pair of socks and one pair of shoes - size 45
Harrij Phenning [Harry Penny], RAF - 31 Aug 1944 - 01 Sep 1945 - for two days (one night)
Harry Penny received from plane and delivered to A. Hoorn (alias J. de Boer), Meppel
contact person who arranged transport: J. J. M. Littel, Ossenzijl
source image - via Jaap de Boer - 23 Apr 2011
The 35th - "Madras Presidency" - Squadron completed 3992 bombing and target marking sorties
Losing 92 aircraft in a period of 32 months
The surviving aircrew members Surtees, Wooley and Penny also took part
in a TV-documentary directed by Jan van Hillo , called "Harvest of the Past"
Harry Penny, only living member now, still didn't see the film after many efforts
to recieve a copy of this documentary by the NCRV have so far proven fruitless
( info: Group Captain Herbert Arthur Penny - OBE MID ( RAF retired) - 29 Apr 2007 - Australia )
OBE = Order of the British Empire
MID = Mention In Dispatches
last contact Harry Arthur Penny - 15 Aug 2009 - PATS
1033490 - Sgt. - Mid Air Gunner - Thomas Henry Sutton - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
of Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - Row: 22 - Grave: 40B - Kuinre General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820540
Son of Thomas H. and Jessie Sutton, 35 Milroy Street, Liverpool, 7 , Lancashire, UK
1033490 - Sgt. (Air Gnr.)
SUTTON, THOMAS HENRYAge 21 - 31/08/1943 - UK – RAF Vol. Res.CWGC ref. 2820540 - Row: 22 - Grave: 40B - Kuinre |
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848343 - Flight Sgt. - Tail Air Gunner - James Russell Griffin - Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) - Age 31 - KIA
of Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK - Row: 22 - Grave: 40E - Kuinre General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820537
born 18 April 1912; district Northleach, Gloucestershire, UK
Son of Ernest J. and Susan H. Griffin ( née Russell ), 18 Queens Road, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
brother of Ronald J., Dennis G. and Margaret Maud Griffin
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Last know address: Mr. Dennis Griffin and Mrs. Peggy Griffin - Southport, England - [ info Harry Penny ]
any info about next of kin is welcome - PATS 15 Aug 2009
Contact with next of kin - 23 Sep 2009
848343 - Flight Sergeant ( Air Gunner )
GRIFFIN, JAMES RUSSELLAge 31 - 31/08/1943 - RAF (Auxiliary Air Force) - UKCWGC ref. 2820537 - Row:22 - Grave: 40E - Kuinre |
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Hello,
If you do not mind I would firstly like to correct and add to the information above.
James was in the RAF Auxiliary Air Force and not the RAFVR.
He was one of only a few men from the AuxAF to transfer over to aircrew.
His date and place of birth is 18 April 1912 at Northleach Gloucestershire.
He was also brother to Ronald and Margaret (both deceased). Religion - Protestant.
Corrections done - PATS - 09 Oct 2009
Jim joined the RAF on 5th March 1939 with 912 Barrage Balloon Squadron.
This sqn was one of 6 such Sqns whose task was to defend the war effort in Birmingham.
911, 912 and 913 protected the North of the city particularly Castle Bromwich airbase
and the Castle Bromwich spitfire factory. 914, 915 and 916 sqns protected South Birmingham.
I was told that 912 was transferred to France and was withdrawn with the Germans just 2 miles away.
They were evacuated shortly before Dunkirk.
Jim's service record does not record this directly but there is an entry for 5 days embarkation leave
and this usually refers to an overseas posting.
The sqn was later posted to Pucklehurst and 912 defended factories
at Brockworth Gloucestershire (not far from where he was born)
His application to become aircrew was accepted in June 1941
and he joined No. 8 Air Gunnery School in October 1941 and 19 OTU May 1942.
His first posting was to 158 sqn flying Halifax aircraft.
I know that 19 OTU provided aircraft for the first 1000 bomber raid on Cologne on the 31st May 1942
but I do not know if Jim flew as Air Gunner on this mission.
He had only been with the OTU since 23rd April.
Some of his first sorties was to drop leaflets over occupied territories.
In November 1942 just south of Paris on the way back from a sortie to Italy his aircraft was hit.
The pilot managed to get the aircraft back as far as Castle Bytham 5 miles north of Stamford Lincolnshire.
All the crew baled out and the aircraft crashed on the edge of Morkeley Woods.
What the pilot did not realise was that these woods was the site
of the largest of Lincolnshire bomb dumps.
Fortunately the only damage was to the trees and no bombs exploded.
He received the Caterpillar Badge for this parachute drop.
On 6th January 1943 he was posted to 35 Pathfinder Sqn.
He took part in various sorties around Europe including several to Berlin.
He took part in laying markers for the bombing raids on Hamburg on the 24/25th July 1943 and again 27/28th.
The pilots after action report from the 27/28th concluded by stating 'a/c was over target too early
to see results but many small fires were seen burning to the North of aiming point on approach'.
This was the night of the great Hamburg firestorm.
His final mission was to Berlin.
The pilot who shot the aircraft down was the top German Night Fighter Ace
Jim was made Sergeant in January 1942 and Flight Sergeant March 1943.
As for me I don't know if I ever met him as I was only 6 weeks old when he died.
I hope this is helpful to you.
regards Derek Griffin, nephew
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Kuinre - General Cemetery - 3rd of Aug 2007 - by PATS
SGLO - T2854
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RNLAF - Final salvage HR878 - Aug 1964 - some parts
Contact Penny is pending - 28 Jul 2007 - PATS
Contact Newsham is pending - 31 Aug 2009 - PATS
Contact Griffin is pending - 23 Sep 2009 - PATS
Last update - 18 Jan 2012 - PATS
Emmeloord - 4
- 10 miles W of Vollenhove -- 4 Commonwealth graves - 1 CAN - 1 NZ - 2 UK -
General Cemetery Emmeloord - 05 May 2011 - by PATS
------------ Byers ----------------- Cooke --------------- Jeffries --------------- Wood ------------
General Cemetery at Emmeloord, Noordoostpolder
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Crew: Wellington R1757-DX-? - 12 Oct 1941 - Mission: Nuremburg
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1259260 - Sgt. - Pilot - Arthur William Jeffries - RAFVR - Age 29 - KIA
R78189 - J/5331 - Pilot Officer - Co-Pilot - Hilyard Lowell Myers - RCAF - Age 23 - KIA
404531 - Sgt. - Observer - Percy Frederick Meadows Cooke - RNZAF - Age 21 - KIA
1261700 - Sgt. - W.Operator / Air Gunner - William Chistopher Wood - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
R/68121 - Flight Sgt. - Air Gunner - William Harold Stanley Byers - RCAF - Age 28 - KIA
1207719 - W/O - Tail Gunner - Leonard 'Len' Rickard - RAF - Age 29 - POW
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Memorial near crash location - section R34 - removed 5 March 1948
- image via Wiebe H. de Vries -
War Graves - Emmeloord - 1951 - Coll. Grave: 102-105
- image source "sluispuntnl" issue 30 Apr 2008 - page 2 - newspaper via Cor Hofland
better scan via Ali Nijdam and Henk Huisman - 04 Sep 2011
1259260 - Sgt. - Pilot - Arthur William Jeffries - RAFVR - Age 29 - KIA
of North Cheam, Surrey, UK - Coll. Grave: 102-105 - Noord-Oost-Polder ( Emmeloord ) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820568
Son of Arthur and Rhoda Jeffries ( née Rathbone ); husband of Linda Jeffries ( née Hartland ), of North Cheam, Surrey, UK
brother of George F. Jeffries (b.1914), district Camberwell
Mother's surname on birth records for Arthur and George is Bruton
birth record for Arthur does give 3rd Qtr. of 1913 - so he was Age 28 - info PATS 14 Aug 2009
Marriage Mr. Arthur W. Jeffries and Ms. Linda Hartland - 2nd Qtr. 1932, district Kingston, Middlesex / Surrey, UK
Only one marriage !!! with surnames Jeffries and Hartland - period 1925 - 1940 -
Likely related ( ? daughter Gail ? ) - info PATS - 04 Mar 2010
Gail H. Jeffries - born 3rd Qtr. 1936 - mother's surname on birth records is Hartland, district Surrey North Eastern, Surrey
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404531 - Sgt. - Observer - Percy Frederick Meadows Cooke - RNZAF - Age 21 - KIA
of Bluff, Southland, New Zealand - Coll. Grave: 102-105 - Noord-Oost-Polder ( Emmeloord ) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820567
born 12 Feb 1920, Invercargill - Religion: Methodist - Occupation: Customs Officer - Marital status: Single
Son of Ralph Henry Percy and Christina Mabel Cooke, of Bluff, Southland, New Zealand
Address - 17 Dec 1945 - : Mrs. R. H. D. Cooke (mother), 111 McMaster Street, Invercargill
as in letter with photograph of the grave - send by Cor Meurs, of Blokzijl to Air Ministry
Address - 21 Feb 1949 - : Mr. R. H. P. Cooke (father), 16 Walker Street, Bluff
His parents Ralph and Christina Cooke are buried in the Hamilton Cemetery, in the North Island of N Z - info by Janice Lyall
RNZAF - Service records - Cooke - request 11 Nov 2009 - received 02 Dec 2009 - PATS -
Header & Footnote of Attestation paper of Percy F. M. Cooke - 20 Jun 1940
- info from Service Records - Cooke -
I found this one, always wondering why ?
"typo's" - Blenkenham = Blankenham, Poland = Holland
further you can make up your own mind about this item
Got this bio from Errol Martyn,
Author of "For Your Tomorrow" - Vols 1 and 2 - ( Vol 3 in production )
A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving
with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915
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Bio info for Cooke:
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COOKE, Sergeant Percy Frederick Meadows.
NZ404531; b In'gill 12 Feb 20; S'land BHS, In'gill (1st Hockey XI); clerk - Customs Dept, In'gill. NZ Army/TF 6 mths;
RNZAF Levin/GTS as Air Observer u/t 24 Nov 40, emb for Canada 6 Jan 41, att RCAF 23 Jan 41, 4AOS c.26 Jan 41,
4BGS 13 Apr 41, Air Observers Badge & Sgt. & 1ANS 26 May 41, 1 M Depôt 30 Jun 41, ATFERO/St Hubert,
crewed a Hudson to UK via Newfoundland 18-20 Jul 41, 3PRC 21 Jul 41, 21OTU (Wellington) 26 Jul 41,
slightly inj in a/c acc 20 Sep 41, 57 Sqn (Wellington - 4 ops) 26 Sep 41,
kao 12 Oct 41. Noord-Oost-Polder (Emmeloord) General Cemetery - coll. grave 102-105, Overijssel, Netherlands.
Son of Ralph Henry Percy & Christina Mabel Cooke (née Hurley), Bluff. [phot. TWN 5.11.41].
TWN = The Weekly News, a New Zealand paper that featured an illustrated section.
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Errol Martyn - 14 May 2008
1261700 - Sgt. - W.Operator / Air Gunner - William Chistopher Wood - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
of Hanwell, Middlesex, UK - Coll. Grave: 102-105 - Noord-Oost-Polder ( Emmeloord ) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820569
born 1st Qtr. 1920 - morther's surname Mealing - district Kensington
Son of Alexander Joseph and Florence Wood ( née Mealing ), of Hanwell, Middlesex, UK
marriage: 4th Qtr. 1911 - Alexander J. Wood to Florence Mealing, district Kensington, UK
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R/68121 - Flight Sgt. - Air Gunner - William Harold Stanley Byers - RCAF - Age 28 - KIA
of Stratford, Ontario, Canada - Coll. Grave: 102-105 - Noord-Oost-Polder ( Emmeloord ) General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820566
born 9 Jun 1913, Asansol, Bengal, India - died 12 Oct 1941, Kuinre, The Netherlands - Age 28
Son of Rev. W. P. Byers and Mrs. L. M. Byers, 187 Birmingham Street, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
- Globe and Mail, 1941/10/16 - 1941/10/18 - missing -
Father : William Price Byers - retired minister - birthplace : Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Mother : Charlotte Maria Forster - birthplace : Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Foster parents of William Harold Stanley Byers
Occupation: Packer / Inspector 1935 - 1940 [ J. L. Griffiths & Sons, Stratford, ON ]
Speaks Hindustan ( Colloquially ) and has honours in French Language
Age 26 - Height 5'7" - Weight 148 - Single
Attestation Paper - 21 Mar 1940 - R68121 - Posted to No. 1 Manning Depot, Toronto - Trade : Air Crew
Previously application made to join RCAF , London - November 1939 - Yes [ Form 47 ]
Enlistment - 27 Jun 1940 - Declaration / Oath / - RCAF Recruting Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
AC2 - 27 Jun 1940 ; LAC - 16 Sep 1940 ; T/Sgt. - 17 Feb 1941
Air Gunners badge - 17 Feb 1941; F/Sgt. - 1 Nov 1941
U.K. from Canada - 20 April 1941 - DRO ( Daily Rouitine Order ) RAF.23
Missing - 12 Nov 1941 ; Presumed dead - 12 Oct 1941
Next of kin : P. O. Daves, Ty Newy, Llangedwyn, Nr. Oswestry - Raf.6.
17 Mar 1950 - Medals undelivered - returned to stock - ( Both parents deceased )
. . . . . . . . . . . .
RCAF sank into a marsh with wreckage of aircraft which crashed three kilometres
south from Blankenham - Noordoostpolder - Holland -- (43/29)
Grave location: Emmeloord General Cemetery, Holland, buried collectively
between 3 others in grave Nos. 102 to 105
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- info 'Record of Service Airman' - received 20 Aug 2009 -
- Globe and Mail, 1941/10/16 -
Minister's Son Missing
Stratford, Oct 15. - Sgt. Byers was born in Asansol. Bengal, India
where his (foster) parents were missionaries for many years
RCAF - Service records - Byers - request 14 Jul 2009 - received 20 Aug 2009 - PATS -
See for report Wellington R1757 - above at Cemetery Kuinre - P/O Myers - KIA and W/O Rickard - POW -
War Memorial - Marknesse
unveiled - 20 Sep 2007 -
R1757 - Jeffries - Myers - Cooke - Wood - Byers - 12 Oct 1941
JA702 - Rule - Shorter - Ball - Race - Sloan - 30 Jan 1944
- image by Cor Hofland -
Note: Error on memorial - F/Sgt. S. K. R. Ball - should be F/Sgt. K. R. Ball - info PATS
Artist impression - War Memorial - Marknesse - 05 May 2011 - by PATS
- images by PATS -
SGLO - T1293
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Last update - 05 Sep 2011 - PATS
Boswiede - Ambt-Vollenhove
- 3 mi E of Vollenhove -|
A mid-air collison on Thu 23 March 1944 - 09:50 with 2 B-24H - Liberators 3 miles E of Vollenhove / Boschwijde - Boswiede - MACR #3455 - #3456 16 KIA - 2 POW - 1 EVD |
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O-698641 - Second Lieutenant Roy Donald Beukelman was killed in action
buried 8 September 1945 - Grave No. 603 - Stad-Vollenhove
After the war reburied at the Cemetery North of Harrison, South Dakota, USA
--- images courtesy Beukelman family ---
- US Census - Apr - 1930 - Iowa Township, Douglas County, SD
Mr. James H. Beukelman (47) ~1883, Iowa and Mrs. Anna Beukelman (46) ~1884, South Dakota
Vern R. (20) 1909, Robert E. (18) 1911, Glenn D. (14) 1916, Roy D. (11) 1919
Roy's paternal grandparents (Dutch) were from the Isle of Voorne-Putten, the Netherlands
Obituary (1945) of Roy gives also his brothers Harold and Glenn of Aurora, IL and Abe of Armour, SD
- . - .- . - .-
Mr. James H. Beukelman, b. ~1883, Iowa, died before 1946 - Age ..
Mrs. Anna Beukelman, b. 24 Feb 1884, SD - died Dec 1964, SD - Age 80
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Harold Edward Beukelman, b. 27 Jun 1906, Harrison, SD - died 30 Apr 1964, IL - Age 57
Abe J. Beukelman, b. 7 Feb 1908, Harrison, SD - died 20 Jul 1997, Corsica, SD - Age 89
Verne R. Beukelman, b. 22 Dec 1909, Harrison, SD - died Jun 1979, Corsica, SD - Age 69
Robert E. Beukelman, b. 4 Oct 1911, Harrison, SD - died Dec 1964, Harrison, SD - Age 53
Glenn D. Beukelman, b. 1916, Harrison, SD - Aurora, IL (1945) - died ...., buried Oswego, IL - Age ..
Roy Douglas Beukelman, b. 20 March 1919, Harrison, SD - died 23 March 1944, Ambt-Vollenhove, NL - Age 25
- additional info via FamilySearch, etc... -
2nd Lt. Roy D Beukelman - Navigator - was on B-24H - #42-52587 - 2U-"K" - "Shoo Shoo Baby"
Aboard #42-52587 - 2U-"K" of 2nd Lt. Robert L. Garrett - Pilot - 7 KIA, 2 POW and 1 EVD
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SGLO - T3544 B-24H - #41-29466 - 2U-"A" - "Dark Rhapsody" - Thu 23 Mar 1944 - 09:50 3 miles E of Vollenhove / Boswiede - MACR #3456 9 KIA |
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Donald G. Griffin Crew - Crew #506 - 785th Bomb Squadron
Dennis J. McCoy, F.R. Robson, George M. McCord, R.G. Latham, H. Gorky
Donald G. Griffin, H. B. Hobson, Fred P. Hazen, Philip M. Rose, Joseph R. Burke
were replaced or not on crew when it went down
Hobson replaced by Robert A. Gum
Substitutes for Robson, Latham and Gorky were Aleck A. Amich and Bogan Radich
Move cursor over photo/faces for names
- photo and info from Donald G. Griffin, Jr -
H. Gorky might be 31281616 - Herman Gorky ( died July 1944 - ROH - University of Connecticut )
There is only one H(erman) Gorky in the AAD-archives - Tolland County, CT - enlistment 22 Jan 1943 - born 1923 , nativity NY
S SG Herman Gorky - KIA - source National Archives
466th BG - 96 CBW - Circle 'L' - 785th BS - 2U - 2nd Div - 8th Air Force
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Crew #506: B-24H - #41-29466 - 2U-"A" - "Dark Rhapsody" - Thursday 23 Mar 1944 - MACR #3456
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O-437329 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - Donald Glenn Griffin - San Antonio, Texas - Age 23 - KIA
13079561 - O-808989 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Robert Arthur Gum - Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - Age 22 - KIA
11063949 - O-692001 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Fred P. Hazen - Ipswich, Bristol Co. - Massachusetts - Age 24 - KIA
20200769 - O-689170 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier - Philip M. Rose - New York, NY - Age 22 - KIA
36398227 - S/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - Joseph R. Burke - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois - Age 26 - KIA
17051503 - S/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Bogan 'Bogie' (nmi) Radich - Duluth, Minnesota - Age 27 - KIA
13092006 - Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - Dennis J. McCoy - Utahville, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania - Age 21 - KIA
37651218 - Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - George Melvin McCord - Council Bluffs, Iowa - Age 22 - KIA
36267435 - S/Sgt. - Tail Gunner - Aleck A. Amich - Mason, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin - Age 24 - KIA
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O-437329 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - Donald Glenn Griffin - San Antonio, Texas - KIA
born 18 Jun 1920, NY - died 23 Mar 1944, Ambt Vollenhove, Holland - Age 23
Found 30 Mar 1944 in the plane during salvage at crash location
Row 6 Grave 615 - Vollenhove - burial 01 Apr 1944
Margraten-NL - Plot: H Row 9 Grave: 17
The initial plot number in Margraten for 1st Lt. Griffin - BBB-5-105 - 10 Dec 1945
Son of Mrs. Louise Marie Griffin (mother), 310 Knollwood Ave., Douglaston, NY
Enlistment: 14 Feb 1942, NY
Husband of Mrs. Carrie T. Griffin (wife), 1130½ Victoria Street, San Antonio 3, Texas
Address - 11 Feb 1948 : Mrs. Carrie T. Griffin, 179-14 Leslie Road, Springfield Gardens 13, Long Island, New York
1st Lt. Donald G. Griffin
- photos from his son Donald G. Griffin, Jr - 29 Dec 2008
FOIA - IDPF - Griffin - request 12 Dec 2009 - expecting Apr 2010 - received - 100 pages - 9 Aug 2010
13079561 - O-808989 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Robert Arthur Gum - Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - KIA
Grave No. C 12 ( G 12 ) - 25 March 44 - Zwartsluis - Religion: Methodist
Margraten-NL - Plot: M Row 12 Grave: 10
The initial plot number in Margraten for 2nd Lt. Gum - BBB-5-103
Remains in BBB-5-103, Margraten were previously identified as Russell, Gordon R. 2nd Lt. O-693531
Remains in WW-2-49 being identified as Lt. Russell and remains in BBB-5-103 as Lt. Gum
2nd Lt. Gum was burried in Zwartsluis and indexed as 2nd Lt. Russell
Laundry marks "8989" and "R.A.G", Tooth chart and estimated height are 4 agreements for deceased
born 24 Aug 1921 - died 23 Mar 1944 - Age 22
Son of Mr. Robert Leslie Gum (~1901) and Mrs. Myrtle N. Gum (~1904), 3 Kenmore Road, Upper Darby, PA
Address US Census 1930 - 27 South Brighton Ave - Robert L. Gum ( 29 ) - Manager Automobile Shop
Husband of Mrs. Kathryn J. Gum Staub, 208 Warren Street, Willow Grove, PA
Re-married widow - as in letter signed 8 Nov 1948
Enlistment: 20 May 1942, Delaware Co., PA - Current Active Service: 28 Jul 1943
Two following names are in the IDPF ( relationships unknown ) with effects of Robert A. Gum
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Dietrick, 7508 Briar Rd, Philadelphia, PA and H. B. Oliver, Pottstown, PA
source "293" - IDPF - GUM - 87 pages -
According SSDI - Myrtle N. Gum - birth 18 Jan 1904 - death 03 Apr 1989 - Age 85 - Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL
Message AAF Forum - 09 Jan 2003 - by Tim Devaney as Guest ( no address)
This is my only hint for Robert Gum .......... found Tim Devaney - 02 Oct 2009
Clip letter - Rev. J. P. Honnef - 11 Dec 1945
- via Don Griffin -
- Address: Mrs. Kathryn J. Gum, 112 Englewood Road, Upper Darby, PA - dated 22nd of Oct 1945 -
- Englewood Rd is next to Kenmore Rd - info PATS 16 May 2009
Contact with his son Bob Gum - 12 Dec 2009 - PATS
Lt. Robert Arthur Gum
2nd Lt. Robert Arthur Gum
- photos courtesy Gum family - 19 Dec 2009
2nd Lt. Robert Arthur Gum with his father Robert Leslie Gum and with his wife Kathryn Joyce Gum
- photos courtesy Gum family - 10 Mar 2010
11063949 - O-692001 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Fred P. Hazen - Ipswich, Bristol Co., Massachusetts - KIA
Row 6 Grave 616 - 30 Mar 1944 - Vollenhove
Margraten-NL - Plot: K Row 4 Grave: 21
The initial plot number in Margraten for 2nd Lt. Hazen - BBB-5-108 - reburial 22 Dec 1945 - !!! remains came from BBB-5-104 !!!
born 14 Jun 1919, ??Andover??, New Hampshire - Enlistment 17 Apr 1942, Providence, Rhode Island
Son of Mr. Gardner W. Hazen (father) and Mrs. Ethel L. Hazen (mother) ?? Ethel H. Hazen ??
Two Mount Pleasant Ave., Ipswich, Essex Co., MA
Siblings: Three brothers
Mr. Gardner Williamson Hazen (father) born 14 Apr 1894, Lebanon, NH - died Dec 1979 - Age 85
Notes: Gardner Williamson Hazen: Graduated at NH State College, Durham;
instructor (1915) in agriculture and athletics, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH
Grandparents - Mr. Charles W. Hazen and Mrs. Alice Marie Young
Uncle of Fred is - Julius Hazen, born 23 Jan 1899, Lebanon, NH
scource: www.genealogy.com - Walter Eugene Hazen
KU 1329 - Found in the Machine - 28 Mar 1944
NOTE !!! - was previously buried as Rose - Grave 616, Vollenhove - and in BBB-5-104, Margraten !!!
- info IDPF ROSE - info by PATS - 09 Jun 2011 -
FOIA - IDPF - Hazen - request 22 Aug 2010 - received - 144 pages - 01 Feb 2011
20200769 - O-689170 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier - Philip M. Rose - New York, NY - Age 22 - KIA
Row 6 Grave 617 - 30 Mar 1944 - Vollenhove
born 18 Mar 1922, NY - enlistment 13 May 1942, New York City, NY - Religion: Hebrew
Son of Mr. Walter H. Rose and Mrs. Sadie Rose née Berkowitz, 156 Brighton 11th Street, New York, NY
At enlistment - National Guard in Federal Service, after 3 months of Discharge
Date of entry on current active service: 26 Aug 1943
Addres 23 Mar 1946 - next of kin : Mrs. Claire/Clara Miller (sister), 122 Brighton 11th Street, New York, NY
Margraten-NL - Plot: O Row 14 Grave: 9
The initial plot number in Margraten for 2nd Lt. Rose - BBB-5-104 - !!! remains came from BBB-5-108 !!!
NOTE !!! - was previously buried as Hazen - Grave 617, Vollenhove - and in BBB-5-108, Margraten !!!
- info IDPF ROSE - info by PATS - 09 Jun 2011 -
Request 02 Apr 1948 - Intended to return to the USA - Mount Lebanon Cemetery, 7800 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn 27, NY
Riverside Memorial Chapel, 76 St. Amsterdam Ave, New York City, NY
Request 14 Apr 1949 - Be interred in a permanent American Military Cemetery Overseas - Margraten, Holland
Supercedes form filled out 02 Apr 1948
Sadie Rose (mother) - place of death: 10 Jun 1925, Coney Island Hospital - Age 31
Charles Berkowitz, England (maternal grandfather) - Jennie Cirker, Austria (maternal grandmother)
Mr. Walter H. Rose (father) - 18 Mar 1894, New York - place of death: 05 Dec 1947, Mt. Sinai Hospital - Age 53
Simon Rosenstein (paternal grandfather), Russia/Germany - Jennie Bernstein (paternal grandmother), Russia
Mrs. Clara Rose Miller (sister) - 156 Brighton 11th Street, Brooklyn 24, Kings Co., New York - 30 Aug 1944
Mrs. Helen Policella (sister) - 1816 White Plains Ave, Bronx, New York, NY
Mrs. Doris Liebert (sister) - 1996 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, NY - 30 Aug 1944
Mr. Walter H. Rose (father) - 317 West 56th Street, New York, NY - 30 Aug 1944 - letter 19 Jan 1945
Mr. Walter H. Rose (father) - P.O. Box 3221, Miami 20, Floria
Mr. Walter H. Rose (father) - Kendon Hotel, 229 S. W. 2nd Street, Miami, Floria - letter 22 Feb 1945 - until 01 May 1945 on this address
US Census 12 Jan 1920 - Borough Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY
address: 2670 Harway Ave
Walter Rose - Head - 25 abt. 1895, NY - Clerk Post Office
Sadie Rose - Wife - 25 abt. 1895, NY
Clara Rose - daughter - F-7 abt. 1913, NY
Helen Rose - daughter - F-5 abt. 1915, NY
Doris Rose - daughter - F-3 abt. 1917, NY
US Census 03 Apr 1930 - Bronx, NY
address: 2116 Honeywell Ave
Walter H. Rose - Head - 35/16 abt. 1895, NY - Sales Manager - China + Silver
Theodore Rose - Brother - 40/20 abt. 1890, NY - Sales Manager - China + Silver
Helen Rose - daughter - F-15 abt. 1915, NY - born 4 Nov 1914 - died Apr. 1982 - Age 67
Doris Rose - daughter - F-13 abt. 1917, NY
Philip M. Rose - son - M- 8 abt. 1922, NY - born 18 Mar 1922 - died 23 Mar 1944 - Age 22
KU 1329 - Found in the Machine - 28 Mar 1944
FOIA - IDPF - Rose - request 03 Feb 2011 - expecting Jul 2011 - received - 145 pages - 07 Jun 2011
36398227 - S/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - Joseph R. Burke - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois - Age 26 - KIA
Row 6 Grave 619 - Vollenhove
born 8 Apr 1918 - Enlistment 31 Mar 1942 - (IDPF = 1 Mar 1942), Chicago - Nativity Illinois - Religion: Catholic
Son of Mrs. Jean Ricci (mother), 1357 W. Adams St., Chicago, Il
husband of Mrs. Geraldine Burke (wife), 1513 West Superior St., Chicago, IL
Address - Apr 1948 - Mrs. Geraldine Burke (wife), 1527 Augusta Boulevard, Chicago, IL
Margraten-NL - Plot: H Row 9 Grave: 18
The initial plot number in Margraten for S/Sgt. Burke - BBB-5-107
KU 1329 - Found in the "Machine at Bergung" - 28 May 1944
Found 28 Mar 1944 if buried 30 Mar 1944 - info PATS
Last name Ricci points to Italian roots - info PATS
FOIA - IDPF - Burke - request 22 Aug 2010 - received - 80 pages - 01 Feb 2011
17051503 - S/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Bogan 'Bogie' (nmi) Radich - Duluth, Minnesota - Age 27 - KIA
Grave No. C 13 (G 13) - 25 Mar 1944 - Zwartsluis
disinterred - 04 Jan 1946, Zwartsluis - Row C - Grave 13
reburied - 31 Jan 1946 - The initial plot number in Margraten for S/Sgt. Radich - WW-2-48
Margraten-NL - Plot: I Row 20 Grave: 11
born 18 Jan 1917, Duluth, MN - Nativity: Minnesota - Bogan's parents born in Yugoslavia ( Serbia )
Son of Mr. Marko Radich (father) and Mrs. Mary Radich (mother), 1540 - 97th Ave West, Duluth, St. Louis Co., MN
Enlistment: 28 Apr 1942 - Fort Snelling, MN - Residence: St. Louis Co., MN - Marital Status" Single
Mrs. Mary Radich (mother), 1540 - 97th Ave West, Duluth, Minnesota
Ms. Mandy Radich (sister), 1540 - 97th Ave West, Duluth, Minnesota - died 16 Mar 1944 - Age 21
Mrs. Clara M. Radich (wife), 506 Millman St., Peoria 6, Illinois - new address is 222 East Gift, Peoria 4, IL
9 months married - mid 1943 - with Clara M. Sohns - born 13 Nov 1915 - died 05 Mar 2004 - Age 88 - ( surname of 2nd marriage )
info via IDPF, MACR and AAD-archives records
S/Sgt. Bogan Radich
Mrs. Mary Radich, 1540 Ninety-seventh Avenue West, has four sons in the army
They are Pvts. Mike and Nick, Pfc. Dushie and S/Sgt. Bogan
image and brothers info - source: vets-hall.org - Duluth, MN
Dushie Radich - born 22 May 1921 - died 02 Sep 2003 - Age 82
info SSDI and Findagrave
Contact with his sister Mildred 'Millie' - 27 Aug 2009 - last 20 Dec 2009 - PATS
IDPF - Radich - request 28 Aug 2008 - expecting Dec 2009 - PATS -
IDPF - Radich - not received - IDPF could not be located - 10 Dec 2009 - PATS -
Advice: Request - via NPRC - St. Louis, MO .... or a 2nd attempt mid 2010 via Alexandria, VA
FOIA - IDPF - Radich - 2nd request 10 Jul 2011 - expecting Nov 2011 - PDF received - 107 pages - 18 Nov 2011
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S/Sgt. Bogan Radich
- photo courtesy Millie Belich ( née Radich ), sister - 14 Jan 2010
received via her son Gary Belich
Bogan's sister Mandy was 21 when she passed away one week earlier - 16 March 1944 -
She contacted a cold at first, and it developed into double pneumonia and she passed away 3 days later
Bogan was an EXCELLENT dancer
He received never the message about his younger sister Mandy
info sister Mildred 'Millie' - 15 Jan 2010
11 Dec 1945 - Statement - Burials - Zwartsluis
by Minister of the Neth. Reformed Church, Vollenhove - J. P. Honnef
- source 'IDPF' - Sgt. Orville S. Good -
Numbers were on the identification tags, which were taken by the Germans,
Rev. J. A. Raabe, minister of the Neth. Reformed Church at Zwartsluis, performed the funeral service
The above mentioned information was reported at my request from Mr. D. de Koning, burgomaster of the community Zwartsluis
NOTE : "crashed in Belterwiede" . . . . should be "crashed in Boswiede" - info PATS
NOTE : Russell was reidentified as Gum in Margraten !!! - info PATS
NOTE : Russell was buried in Vollenhove - Grave 618 !!! - info PATS
NOTE : Gum was buried in Zwartsluis - Grave C 12 ( G 12 ) !!! - info PATS
Cemetery Zwartsluis - 1945
Graves l-r: C 13 - Bogan Radich, C 12 - Robert A. Gum, C 11 - George M. McCord
Memorial grave markers placed by Germans
!!! NOTE !!! - Graves also in records as G 13, G 12 and G 11 - info PATS
image via Don Griffin, son of Pilot 1st Lt. Donald G. Griffin - Grave 615 ( Vollenhove ) - 26 Nov 2009
Cemetery Zwartsluis - Layout 1945
source 'IDPF' Radich - page 05 - 18 Nov 2011
!!! NOTE !!! - RUSSELL, C 12 is GUM !!!
!!! RUSSELL is buried in Vollenhove - Grave 618 !!! - info PATS
13092006 - Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - Dennis J. McCoy - Utahville, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania - Age 21 - KIA
buried 21 Apr 1944 - Row 6 Grave 607 - Vollenhove
born 15 Jul 1922 - Enlistment 28 Aug 1942, Harrisburg, IL - Nativity Pennsylvania
son of Mr. Davis M. McCoy and Mrs. Pearl C. McCoy (née Cowen), Rural Free Delivery Number One, Utahville, PA
Siblings of Dennis are Richard, Helen, Samuel, Patricia and Judith
US Census 1930 - does give Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, PA
The initial plot number in Margraten for Sgt. McCoy - BBB-4-96 - ( X-9 - Vollenhove)
Margraten-NL - Plot: H Row 10 Grave: 19
Mr. Davis Millard McCoy (father), Route #1, Box 124, Utahville, Clearville Co., PA, USA
Mrs. Pearl Cowen McCoy (mother), Route #1, Box 124, Utahville, Clearville Co., PA, USA
FOIA - IDPF - McCoy - request 03 Feb 2011 - expecting Jul 2011 - received - 88 pages - 07 Jun 2011
37651218 - Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - George Melvin McCord - Council Bluffs - Iowa - Age 22 - KIA
Grave No. C 11 (G 11) - burial 7 April 44 - Zwartsluis
disinterred - 04 Jan 1946, Zwartsluis - Row C - Grave 11
reburied - 31 Jan 1946 - Initial plot number in Margraten for Sgt. McCord - WW-5-123
disinterred - 22 Sep 1948, Margraten - WW-5-123
Arrive - 18 Jan 1949, Barrett Funeral Home, 1002 Jeroleman St., Dunlap, Harrison Co., Iowa
reinterred USA - Dunlap Cemetery, Dunlap, Iowa
born 8 Jun 1921, IA - died 23 March 1944, Ambt Vollenhove, Holland - Age 22
Son of Mr. Melvin Fouts McCord (father) - born 28 Sep 1896 - died 2 Aug 1976 - Age 79
and Mrs. Adah Zilla McCord (mother) née Cover - born 20 Sep 1899 - died May 1980 - Age 80
Enlistment: 18 Dec 1942, Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa - Residence: Harrison Co., Iowa - Nativiy: IA - Marital Staus: Single
Mrs. Delores L. McCord (wife), 1108 Iowa Street, Dunlap, Iowa
Husband of Delores Harting - born 1924 - - - one child -
Marriage parents: 19 Nov 1918
Old address in letter - 09 Aug 1944 - Mrs. Adah Z. McCord (mother), 2300 Avenue D, Council Bluffs, Iowa
New address in letter - 11 Oct 1947 - Mr. Melvin F. McCord (father), 901 Remsen St., Dunlap, Harrison Co., Iowa
Siblings(9): Ruth Loretta McCord (F) - born 15 Sep 1918 - died Mar 1920 - Age 1
Bernard 'Bud' Jess McCord (M) - born 10 May 1923 - died 04 Jul 1985, Houston, TX - Age 62
Norma Jean McCord (F) - born 16 Apr 1925 - died 31 May 2009, Glenwood, IA - Age 84
Mina Marie McCord (F) - born 01 Jul 1927
Oscar La Verne McCord (M) - born 02 Jul 1929
Raymond (M), Wanda(F), Shirley(F), and Beverly (F)
Obituary Melvin F. McCord (father) - GLENWOOD OPINION-TRIBUNE - 04 AUG 1976
Melvin "Mel" Fouts McCord - 1896 - 1976 - Age 79
Two children preceded him in death: Ruth Loretta McCord 1918-1920 and George Melvin McCord 1921-1944
Survivors include his wife, Adah; three sons, Bernard, Glenwood, Oscar, Council Bluffs,
and Raymond, Houston, Tex.; five daughters, Mrs. Warren (Mina) Usher, Glenwood,
Mrs. Wayne (Jean) Johnson, McCallister, Okla., Wanda Jones, Blair, Neb.,
Mrs. Lyle (Shirley) Alley, Glenwood, and Mrs. Jack (Beverly) Budd, Omaha
Obituary Jean McCord (sister) - 01 Jun 2009
Jean McCord (Murray) Risinger, 84, of Glenwood, Iowa entered into eternal rest in Glenwood, Iowa on 31 May 2009
She was born 16 Apr 1925 in Dunlap, Iowa to Melvin Fouts and Ada Zilla (Cover) McCord
Preceding Jean in death were her parents, husbands, Thomas and Wayne;
son, Michael Melvin Murray in 1993, infant sister, Ruth McCord,
brothers, George and Bud McCord, son-in-law, Kenny Cloyed
She is survived by her husband Charles Risinger of Glenwood, Iowa;
Siblings, Mina Usher, Oscar McCord, Wanda Graham and Shirley McCord all of Glenwood, Iowa;
Becky McCord of Mesa, Arizona; and Raymond McCord of L.A., California
info via IDPF, MACR, SSDI, Obituaries and AAD-archives records
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Sgt. George Melvin McCord - 8 Jun 1921 - 23 March 1944 - Age 22
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dunlap, IA
--- image courtesy Shirley R. McCord (sister) ---
- 12 Jun 2008 -
FOIA - IDPF - McCord - request 28 Aug 2009 - expecting Dec 2009
IDPF - McCord - not received - IDPF could not be located - 10 Dec 2009 - PATS -
Advice: Request - via NPRC - St. Louis, MO .... or a 2nd attempt mid 2010 via Alexandria, VA
FOIA - IDPF - McCord - 2nd request 10 Jul 2011 - expecting Nov 2011 - PDF received - 96 pages - 18 Nov 2011
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36267435 - S/Sgt. - Tail Gunner - Aleck A. Amich - Mason, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin - KIA
DOW - 27 Mar 44 - Hospital 'Diaconessenhuis', Meppel
buried 29 March 1944 - Row L Grave 714 - General Civilian Cemetery, Meppel
Caretaker H. de Wolde, Meppel, Holland
Reburial - 14 Dec 1945 - plot number in U.S. Military Cemetey, Margraten for S/Sgt. Amich - BBB-1-18
disinterment - 29 Sep 1948 - Margraten - 23 Nov 1948 - via rail to Antwerp Port, Pier 140,
with USAT #2348 S.S. 'Barney Kirschbaum' to New York - arr. 3 Jan 49, further by rail to Chicago and Ashland
Arrive 27 Jan 1949 8:15PM, Ashland, WI - delivered to Wartman Funeral Home - 302 East Second Street, Ashland
on request of Mr. Mike J. Amich Sr.( father), 111 2nd Ave. E., Ashland, WI
finally reinterred at Saint Agnes Cemetery, Ashland, Wisconsin
Home address given for Aleck was Cudahy, WI - girlfriend Helen Prekop, 3701A E Carpenter Ave, Cudahy, WI
Cudahy is a suburb of Milwaukee, WI ( East of General Mitchell Int'l Airport )
- News clipping - S/Sgt. Aleck A. Amich -
- courtesy Mary Amich (sister) - 18 Oct 2009 -
- - - St. Agnes Cemetery, Ashland, WI - - - - - - - - - - - - - Amich Memorial - - - - - - Headstone - Staff Sgt. Aleck A. Amich - - -
born 10 Mar 1920 - died 27 Mar 1944 - Age 24
Son of Mr. Mike 'Mijo' Amich (1891-1973-Age 82) and Mrs. Mary Ann Amich (1886-1947-Age 61)
St. Agnes Cemetery, Ashland, WI
- images via Paul Wilcox - 14 May 2009 -
- US Census 15 Apr 1930 -
State: Wisconsin - County: Bayfield, Mason Township
Household: Mijo and Mary Amich - 1-Julia, 2-Paul, 3-John, 4-Emil, 5-Aleck, 6-Agnes, 7-Roy, 8-Mich, 9-Mary
Aleck's parents born in Yugoslavia ( Croatian ) - US Citizenship - Mijo (1907), Mary (1911)
Mijo - Occupation: Farmer - General farm
Address: Route #3, Mason, Wisconsin
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Emil F. Amich (#4) - born 11 Aug 1918 - died 21 Dec 2004, residence Slinger / Milwaukee, WI, Age 86
Michael J. Amich (#8) - born 22 April 1926, Benoit, WI - died 2 March 2008, Milwaukee, WI, Age 81
Benoit is an unincorporated community in Bayfield County, 5 mi north of Mason
Clip letter - Rev. J. P. Honnef - 11 Dec 1945
- via Don Griffin -
- Aleck was in the tail section, which was separated from the ship - info PATS -
- Rev. J. P. Honnef was known as "Karel" while with the underground - info PATS -
FOIA - IDPF - Amich - request 14 Jul 2009 - expecting Nov 2009 - reveived - 73 pages - 25 Aug 2009
Contact with his youngest sister Mary - 25 Sep 2009 - PATS
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were all KIA on that mission, when it was involved in a mid-air collision due unknown reasons with
B-24H - #42-52587 - 2U-"K" - "Shoo Shoo Baby" - MACR #3455
on the 466th BG's second mission, March 23, 1944.
Margraten-NL : Netherlands American Cemetery
- 1st Lt. Donald G. Griffin - Margraten - 25 May 2008 -
- 2nd Lt. Robert A. Gum - Margraten - 25 May 2008 -
- 2nd Lt. Fred P. Hazen - Margraten - 25 May 2008 -
- 2nd Lt. Philip M. Rose - Margraten - 25 May 2008 -
- S/Sgt. Bogan Radich - Margraten - 25 May 2008 -
- S/Sgt. Joseph R. Burke - Margraten - 25 May 2008 -
- Sgt. Dennis J. McCoy - Margraten - 25 May 2008 -
All "Margraten - 25 May 2008 - images" on this link by Andy Swinnen
layout, resize, crop and modified by PATS
SGLO - T3544
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Contact Griffin is pending - 12 Jun 2008 - PATS -
Contact McCord is pending - 12 Jun 2008 - PATS -
Contact Radich is pending - 27 Aug 2009 - PATS -
Contact McCoy is pending - 05 Sep 2009 - PATS -
Contact Amich is pending - 25 Sep 2009 - PATS -
Contact Gum is pending - 02 Oct 2009 - PATS -
Last update - 22 Nov 2011 - PATS
Boschwijde / Boswiede - 2007
Aerial Boschwijde / Boswiede - Ronduite - 2007
Original - © - www.fotolynx.nl - Roel Hoeve
View Boswiede/'t-Veentje towards Ronduite - 1945 -
photo taken in 1945 by Rev. Honnef - aka Karel - via Don Griffin - 10 Nov 2010
Overview - lake area around Ronduite
click on yellow star for appropriate section and info
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SGLO - T3545 B-24H - #42-52587 - 2U-"K" - "Shoo Shoo Baby" - Thu 23 Mar 1944 - 09:50 3 miles E of Vollenhove / Boswiede - MACR #3455 7 KIA - 2 POW - 1 EVD |
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A resident just across the lake, Wicher Rozeboom, had heard the crash and immediately
together with Harm Jordens set out a rowboat and picked up three young men
Billy B. Boyer - Age 24, Howard B. King - Age 21 - and Robert L. Garrett - Age 25
Brought them straight to the home of Jannes Ziel were they were hiding for a while
later the underground took care of the survivors
Harm Jordens - born 6 Mar 1924 - died 30 Apr 1970 - Age 46
Wicher Rozeboom - born .. ... 19.. - died .. ... .... - Age ..
ELGIN watch - from Garrett, Boyer or King - given to Wicher Rozeboom
TYPE A-11
SPEC.NO.94-27834
SER.NO. AF43-38687
MFR'S PART NO.1783
ORD.NO. W535AC-34898
ELGIN
via Thijs Rozeboom (son) - 10 Dec 2011
Likely Boyer's watch - info PATS
----- Boyer ------------------- King --------------------- Garrett ------------------- Miller-----
- top images airmen - ID's taken by Underground - Ottens, Amersfoort - via Leendert Smit
- middle images airmen - ID's taken by Underground -
- lower images airmen - courtesy Ms. Peggy Miller -
Life-jacket aka "Mae West' of Billy B. Boyer
given to Wicher Rozeboom
Charles P. Miller made contact with two locals two days later - 16:00, he was brought to
the home of Jacob Boes in the Barsbeek around 17:00, Marten Kingma from Vollenhove ( Buitenvoorpoort A 22 g )
did bring him the same evening - approx 22:00 - to a safer place. Later the 4 EVD's were transfered to Meppel
in two different cars to the "Underground" group of Peter van den Hurk
Five weeks later Rozeboom went back to the crash-site and discovered remains of a crew member
The police was notified and took care of it
Billy B. Boyer was betrayed in Antwerp, Belgium - begin Aug 1944 - ended up in Stalag Luft 1
Charles P. Miller was betrayed too in Antwerp and became POW in Stalag Luft 4
The horrible 86 days "Dead March" - est. 600 miles -, were many died - 1300 - , to Fallingbostel on top of it
- info Miller and Boyer taken POW - see MACR - KU 1329 - supplement dated 12 Aug 1944 -
Marten Kingma received the Medal of Freedom (US), Utrecht - 12 Mar 1947
- Marten Kingma, born 21 Jul 1893, Hantum, county Westdongeradeel, died 9 Dec 1965, Arnhem (hospital) - Age 72 -
- Son of Mr. Albert Tjeerds Kingma and Mrs. Rinske Martens van der Zee -
- Marten (23) maried Martha Kooistra (21), Eernewoude on 12 Jul 1917, county Tietjerksteradeel -
- info: www.genlias.nl - 12 Jun 2009 - PATS
Statement Rev. J. P. Honnef - Vollenhove - 11 Dec 1945
True copy - source 'IDPF' of Sgt. McCoy
"One of the flyers had an eye wound, which was treated by doctor B. D. Punselie, St. Jansklooster"
Dr. Bertus Dirk Punselie - born 27 Feb 1905, Hellendoorn - died 29 Jun 1960, Amstenrade - Age 55
This was Radio Operator - Howard B. "Barney" King (right eye) - info PATS - 07 Jul 2011
story confirmed by Mr. Frank Kingma, Wezep - interview - 11 Oct 2010
Statement Miss Remke Kingma - Vollenhove - 14 Dec 1945
True copy - source 'IDPF' of Sgt. Orville S. Good
- Miss Remke Kingma - First name is Renske - call name 'Rens' - info Frank Kingma (brother) - 30 Aug 2010
- Remke 'Rens' Kingma married to Geert van Dijk, Bakkeveen - info Frank Kingma (brother) - 27 Oct 2010
Robert Lee Garrett - Age 26 - was killed 7th of Sept.'44 in Queue-du-Bois (Belgium)
by a stray German bullet, just a few days for liberation.
He was together with Howard B King at the home of the family Jean Bourdouche (info: J.A. Hey )
who was liberated a few days later
Billy B. Boyer and Charles P. Miller were liberated - April 30 and May 2 1945
"Second Lieutenant Robert Lee Garret was born on Wednesday 3 April 1918
He was the son of Chester and Hazel Garrett
The family called him Bobby, and he had a brother named John
They lived on Rural Route #3 in Norman, Oklahoma
Bobby entered the US Army as an enlisted man on 2 December 1941
He later went to Officer’s Training School and was commissioned
as a Second Lieutenant on 28 May 1943
He became a pilot in the United States Army Air Force, and was assigned
to the 785th Bomber Squadron of the 466 Bomber Group of the Eighth Air Force"
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Header of Bobby Garrett's story, written by Jerome Sheridan of "AOMDA"
- Amercan Overseas Memorial Day Association - Belgium -
Images "Old Cemetery of Queue-du-Bois" - courtesy Michel Ory
See also here for the original images
466th BG - 96 CBW - Circle 'L' - 785th BS - 2U - 2nd Div - 8th Air Force
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Crew #515: B-24H - #42-52587 - 2U-"K" - "Shoo Shoo Baby" - Thursday 23 Mar 2944 - MACR #3455
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18053200 - O-803596 - 2nd Lt. - Pilot - Robert Lee Garrett - Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma - Age 26 - EVD - KIA
18036627 - O-808939 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Billy Barkley Boyer - Hereford, TX - Age 24 - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 1
O-698641 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Roy Donald Beukelman - Harrison, South Dakota - Age 25 - KIA
12074205 - O-693531 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier - Gordon Romaine Russell Jr. - Rochester - New York - Age 24 - KIA
39549631 - S/Sgt. - Flt. Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - John J. Laurich - Montebello - CA - Age 26 - KIA
15382154 - S/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Howard B. "Barney" King - Kokomo City, Howard Co., Indiana - Age 21 - EVD
14147637 - Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - James Robert Eaton Jr. - Atlanta, Georgia - Age 22 - KIA
34724732 - Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - Milton Ewell Thompson - Tennessee - Age 21 - KIA
14182501 - Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner - Orville S. Good - Huntsville, Alabama - Age 21 - KIA
37221024 - Sgt. - Tail Gunner - Charles Philip Miller - Camden Point, Missouri - Age 26 - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 4
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18053200 - O-803596 - 2nd Lt. - Pilot - Robert Lee Garrett - Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma - EVD
KIA - 7th of Sept.'44 - Queue-du-Bois, Belgium - Cemetery Queue-du-Bois
born 03 Apr 1918 - died 07 Sep 1944 - Age 26
Son of Chester and Hazel M. Garrett - 1011 McFarland St, Norman, Cleveland Co., OK - US Census 1930
brother of John C. Garrett ( born 26 Mar 1916 - died 19 Sep 1999, Norman, OK - Age 83 )
The initial plot number in Margraten for 2nd Lt. Garrett - AAA-7-170 - later, 29 Mar 1949, to Queue-du-Bois
18036627 - O-808939 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Billy Barkley Boyer - Hereford, TX - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 1
born 8 Mar 1920, Marlow, Duncan Co., OK - died 2 Nov 2004, Greenville, SC - Age 84
Son of Mr. Oscar and Mrs. Ada Boyer
husband of Marian Lucinda Sargent, born 16 Oct 1921, Monrovia, CA - died 2 Nov 2003, Greenville, SC - Age 82
daughter Welma Sue Boyer was born mid-Dec 1943 - Hereford, Deaf Smith Co., TX
Next of kin address in 1943 - Marian S. Boyer (wife), Box 291, Hereford, TX
Enlistment: 8 May 1941 - info AAD
05 Jun 1944 till ~29 Jun 1944 - ~24 days - 2nd Lt. Billy Barkley Boyer in Schijndel with family van den Boogaard
Mr. Antoon and Mrs. Petra van den Boogaard - Timmermans
info Mrs. Til Kenkhuis - van den Boogaard (daughter) - 22 Nov 2011
Note !!! - Billy P. Boyer (very nervous) was moved to Moergestel before 29 Jun 1944
O-698641 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Roy Donald Beukelman - Harrison, South Dakota - KIA
buried 8 Sep 1945 - Grave No. 603 - Vollenhove
born 20 Mar 1919, Corsica, SD - died 23 Mar 1944 - Age 25
Son of Mr. James H. Beukelman and Mrs. Anna Beukelman, Box 25, Harrison, South Dakota, USA
Reinterred USA - Harrison, South Dakota
The initial plot number in Margraten for 2nd Lt. Beukelman - BBB-5-102 - ( X-7 - Vollenhove)
Date of entry on current active service: 13 Nov 1943
Mrs. Anna Beukelman (mother), Box 25, Harrison, South Dakota
Mr. H. C. Beukelman (brother), 1060 La Fayette Street, Aurora, Illinois
Mr. verne Beukelman (brother), Armour, South Dakota
FOIA - IDPF - Beukelman - request 03 Feb 2011 - expecting Jul 2011 - received - 145 pages - 07 Jun 2011
12074205 - O-693531 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier - Gordon Romaine Russell Jr. - Rochester - New York - KIA
Grave No. 618 - Vollenhove
Margraten-NL - Plot: J Row 9 Grave: 7
born 10 Dec 1919 - died 23 Mar 1944 - Age 24
Son of Mr. Gordon R. Russell Sr. ( Salesman ) and Mrs. Marion V. Russell, 175 Croydon Road, Rochester, NY
brother of Shirley V. Russell - info / address as in Census 1930 -
address 1944 : Mr. Gordon R. Russell Sr. (father) and Mrs. Marion V. Russell (mother), 39 Pavilion St, Rochester, NY
husband of Mrs. Avis B. Russell ( wife ), 37 Belle Claire Drive, Rochester, NY
Year of birth: 1919 - Enlistment: 11 Mar 1942, Rochester, Monroe, NY - Civil occupation: Cabinetmakers
The initial plot number in Margraten for 2nd Lt. Russell - WW-2-49 as X-2123 - ( X-5 - Vollenhove)
Remains in WW-2-49 being identified as Lt. Russell and remains in BBB-5-103 as Lt. Gum
2nd Lt. Russell was burried in Vollenhove as "unknown" in grave 618
and NOT in Zwartsluis cemetery - Grave - C 12 ( also written as G 12 )
source "293" - IDPF - GUM - 87 pages -
Lt. Russell . . . . . . . 2nd Lt. Gordon R. Russell Jr . . . . . . . Gordon and Avis - 1942
- photos from his son Paul B. Russell - 21 Sep 2009
FOIA - IDPF - Russell - request 12 Dec 2009 - expecting Apr 2010 - received - 133 pages - 11 Aug 2010
39549631 - S/Sgt. - Flt. Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - John J. Laurich - Montebello - CA - KIA
buried 8 Sep 1945 - Grave No. 604 - Vollenhove
Margraten-NL - Plot: P Row 2 Grave: 15
The initial plot number in Margraten for S/Sgt. Laurich - BBB-5-101 as X-2122 - ( X-6 - Vollenhove)
born 15 Oct 1917, nativity Minnesota - Religion : Catholic
Son of Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Julia Laurich, 6434 Allston St., Los Angeles (22), California - ( both from Jugoslavia )
Joseph did immigrate from Jugoslavia to the USA in 1907, Julia in 1913
brother of Vincent P. Laurich ( 06 Sep 1921, MN - 25 Jan 1995, PA - Age 73) and
Herman F. Laurich ( 27 Nov 1923, Sartell, MN - 06 Feb 2005, Whittier, CA - Age 81 )
Husband of Mrs. Rita Elinor Laurich (née Anelli), 1517 Mines Ave, Montebello, California
widow remarried - Mrs. Rita Elinor Stockwell -
source "293" - IDPF - LAURICH - 99 pages -
S/Sgt. John J. Laurich
Montebello Messenger - issue 12 Apr 1944 - page 12
source: County of Los Angeles Public Library ( Mrs. Linda Fernandes and Mr. Frank Harris)
- via Mrs. Becky Hausken - 29 Apr 2010 -
- reformatted and cleaned Newsclip by PATS -
M O N T E B E L L O - M E S S E N G E R - 12 April 1944 -
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Sergeant John Laurich Missing In Action
Staff Sergeant John Laurich of Montebelo Park has recently been reported as missing in action over Europe since March 23.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Laurich of 6434 Allston Street and son-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anelli of 1517 Mines Avenue, Montebello. Mrs. Laurich is former Rita Anelli.
A graduate of Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Sgt. Laurich entered service in the Army Air Corps in December 1942.
After completing his training as a gunner on a bombing plane he was stationed for a time in South America
before being assigned to the European area.
Two brothers, one (Herman), a graduate of Montebello Senior High School and football letterman,
are on foreign duty with the Armed Forces, and the two brothers-in-law, Tom and Alfred Anelli, are also in the Service
- transcription of Newsclip 12 Apr 1944 - Montebello Messenger -
39549631 - John J. Laurich, 1917, MN - Enlistment: 20 Dec 1942, Los Angeles, CA
39555979 - Herman F. Laurich, 1923, MN - Enlistment: 23 Jan 1943, Los Angeles, CA
19094472 - Alfred S. Anelli, 1924, CA - 1st Enlistment: 16 Apr 1942, Los Angeles, CA
19094472 - Alfred S. Anelli, 1924, CA - 2nd Enlistment: 20 Nov 1945, Fort Benning, GA
- info: aad.archives.gov -
15382154 - S/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Howard B. "Barney" King - Kokomo City, Howard Co., Indiana - EVD
born 3 Dec 1922 - died 14 Jul 2004, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana - Age 81
Son of James R. King and Lena M. King (née Anthony), 1406 North Market St., Kokomo City, IN - US Census Apr 1930
Siblings: Leonard H., Helen L., Thelma R., Marley G. and Nathaniel C. King
husband of Mrs. Betty J. King (wife), Rural Free Delivery Number Three, Tipton, Tipton Co., Indiana
Enlistment: 01 Dec 1942, Ft Benjamin, Harrison, IN - Nativity: IN - 3 years High School
E&E #1983 - Escape and Evasion Report (9 pages)
"One of the flyers had an eye wound, which was treated by doctor B. D. Punselie, St. Jansklooster"
Dr. Bertus Dirk Punselie - born 27 Feb 1905, Hellendoorn - died 29 Jun 1960, Amstenrade - Age 55
This was Radio Operator - Howard B. "Barney" King (right eye) - info PATS - 07 Jul 2011
E S C A P E - A N D - E V A S I O N - R E P O R T
Interview: 10 Sep 1944
1 Mission
birth date: 12 Mar 1922 - discrepancy with SSDI - 3 Dec 1922 !!!!
Address: RR#3, Tipton, Indiana
Occupation: Steel worker
Wounded: No
I came down near Vollenhove, Holland at 10:00 hrs. 23 Mar 1944.
I was picked up by a Dutchman in a small boat and from then on taken care of
until the Americans found me at Que de Bois [Queue-du-Bois, Belgium]
- info 10 Sep 1944 - Escape and Evasion report #1983 -
APPENDIX "C" - E&E REPORT No. I.S.9(WEA)/6/152
No. 15382154 - Rank: S/Sgt. - Name: Howard B. King - Date of Interview: 10 Sep 1944
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At Meppel stayed for 12 days and met a fellow named Peter [Peter Jan van den Hurk] who furnished us with clothes
He gave a birthday party for the pilot 3 Apr with big cake
At Deventer stayed with the police commissioner. People in general very helpful. Stayed here for two weeks,
and departed for Heerlen where I stayed with banker, Mister Landers, Nederland Trading Company
Stayed here for two weeks and the Belgium customs officers took me over the frontier
Crossed frontier through large cave 3 May. Stayed with police in Liege, Belgium for 12 weeks
Gestapo caught four flyers who had photos of people of the organization. We then left for a small village, Oue du Bois
The fellow who took care of me was named George. He spent 10 years in Detroit
Stayed in Que du Bois for 13 weeks till Americans came. Was hid in coal mine while fighting was going on
The night before my pilot and I were in the back yard of house with the family we stayed with in Que du Bois
Germans were retreating and as they passed they shot at us and killed pilot
The name of the people in Que du Bois was Jean Bourdouch
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Route - 2nd Lt. Garrett and S/Sgt. King - Vollenhove - Meppel - Deventer - Heerlen - Liege - Queue-du-Bois
- info 10 Sep 1944 - Escape and Evasion report #1983 -
14147637 - Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - James Robert Eaton Jr. - Atlanta, Georgia - KIA
buried on 21 April 1944 - General Cemetery Vollenhove - Grave No. 606 - Vollenhove
The initial plot number in Margraten for Sgt. Eaton - BBB-4-98 - reburial 22 Dec 1945 02:00pm
Margraten-NL - Plot: I Row 11 Grave: 10 - 8 Feb 1949 -
Address - Mrs. Nancy Biggs Eaton ( Mother ), 1009 Arden Ave SW, Atlanta, GA, USA - ( P.O. Box 1597 )
Address - Mrs. C. E. Culley ( Aunt ), 1108 Eastdale, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Finger Ring ( zircon stone ) - bent - engraves 'J.R.E.' was recovered from salvage - sent 22 Jul 1947 to Mrs. Nancy B. Eaton
Georgia Driver's licence found in deteriorated wallet, born 4 Aug 1921 - dogtag found in wallet
his birthday is also given as 4 Aug 1920 in Army records
Altrough his mother Nancy does give as inscripton on back of wrist watch - 'Aug 4th 1921 from Nancy + Dewey'
source "293" - IDPF - EATON - 89 pages -
Note : Burial at Vollenhove is also given as 25 April 1944
34724732 - Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - Milton Ewell Thompson - Tennessee - KIA
Body recovered from the lake, washed ashore, on 20 April 1944
Pocket bible and letter removed from body by J. P. Honnef - Minister of Vollenhove
Clothing marks on wool drawers size 36 ( T-4732 )
buried on 21 April 1944 - General Cemetery Vollenhove - Grave No. 608 - Vollenhove
reburial 22 Dec 1945 - The initial plot number in Margraten for Sgt. Thompson - BBB-4-100 - ( X-14 - Vollenhove)
disinterment - 07 Oct 1948 - Margraten - 23 Nov 1948 - via rail to Antwerp Port, Pier 140,
with USAT #2348 S.S. 'Barney Kirschbaum' to New York - arr. 3 Jan 49, further by rail to Dyer, TN
due to arrive Dyer, Tenn. 6:56 PM by train - Saturday 22 Jan 1949 - Baird Funeral Home, Tenn.
Reinterred USA - Oakwood Cemetery, Dyer, Gibson County, Tennessee
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born 15 Oct 1922 - died 23 Mar 1944 - Age 21
Son of Kennie E. Thompson and Mae S. Thompson, 410 Ashley, Dyer, Gibson County, Tennessee
Oakwood Cemetery, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
Sgt. Milton Ewell Thompson - Age 21
- images courtesy Pansy Ewell - 07 May 2008 -
www.findagrave.com
FOIA - IDPF - Thompson - request 14 Jul 2009 - expecting Nov 2009 - reveived - 68 pages - 25 Aug 2009
14182501 - Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner - Orville S. Good - Huntsville, Alabama - KIA
washed ashore 10 April 1944 from IJsselmeer (?1)
identified by Germans in presence of Warrant Officer J. Nieland ( Dutch police )
buried 12 April 1944 (?2) - Grave No. 614 - Vollenhove in presence of Mayor F. R. Crommelin
and Minister of the Neth. Reform Church J. P. Honnef - undertaker at that time Tj. 'Tjeerd' Brandsma
disinterment - reburial 22 Dec 1945 - The initial plot number in Margraten for Sgt. Good - BBB-5-106
Margraten-NL - Plot: H Row 9 Grave: 20
Note ?1: German docs do give IJsselmeer ( should be to the East in lake area - near crash location )
Note ?2: Burial at Vollenhove is also given as 22 April 1944 in IDPF
born 24 Jan 1923 - died 23 Mar 1944 - Age 21
Son of Thomas Edwin Good and Rossie I. Good, 311 Monroe Street, Huntsville, Madison County, AL, USA
FOIA - IDPF - Good - request 14 Jul 2009 - expecting Nov 2009 - reveived - 63 pages - 25 Aug 2009
37221024 - Sgt. - Tail Gunner - Charles Philip Miller - Camden Point, Missouri - EVD - POW - Stalag Luft 4
born 17 Sep 1917 - died 30 Nov 1988, Platte City, Platte, Missouri - Age 71 - ( info: Ms. Peggy Miller, wife )
After Charlie stayed for one night in the rushes. He made after 30 hrs contact with Klaas ten Napel
Jacob Boes took him to his home - Barsbeek - late afternoon
Same evening - 24 Mar - he was brought to Vollenhove by Harmen Visser
Overnight in Vollenhove - next day - 25 Mar - by car taken to Meppel - Peter van Hurk group
Stayed with the family Klaas van Dorsten, while there they celebrated Garrett's 26th birthday - 3 Apr -
From here he was with Billy Boyer at several places: Warmond, Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Moergestel, Boxmeer
Schijndel, Erp and Kaatsheuvel. Piet Felix brought them from here to the Belgium border
In Antwerp he was in the home of Fernand Staquet and then to the home of Lisa DeBie and her mother
René van Muylem was responsible for his capture, one of the 177 he turned in. He was tried and excecuted 28 May 1948
- info: Ms. Peggy Miller, wife - letter received 10 Apr 2007 -
Peggy Sue Miller née Palmer, 82, passed away, Saturday, October 16, 2010, at her home in Platte City, MO
MILLER, PEGGY S. - born 25 Jul 1928, Sturgeon, MO - died 16 Oct 2010, Platte City, MO - Age 82
- info SSDI -
Miller and Boyer - Underground ID snapshots - Ottens, Amersfoort
top - "xerox" prints (1995) from Ms. Peggy Miller - via Michael LeBlanc - 01 Nov 2011
bottom - scan of original - via Harold H. Ottens - 15 Dec 2011
05 Jun 1944 till 29 Jun 1944 - 24 days - Sgt. Charles P. Miller in Schijndel with family van den Boogaard
Mr. Antoon and Mrs. Petra van den Boogaard - Timmermans
info Mrs. Til Kenkhuis - van den Boogaard (daughter) - 22 Nov 2011
"In dienst van hun naaste ..." - page 263 - Miller liberated in Belgium !!!
this is not true ....... many 'errors' in this book
- page 264 and page 265 are really unreliable and fairytales to me
as the author gives Gum as wounded and liberated 29 April, Moosberg, Germany
Douglas McCoy is given as an evader, etc.... but killed in the Ardennes just before liberation
AGAIN ..... totally nonsense
Miller became POW, Gum was buried in Zwartsluis and Dennis McCoy in Vollenhove - info PATS
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