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15 Squadron, took off from Wyton, Cambridgeshire on Friday, 18 July 1941 for a daylight raid on Wesel, using cloud cover. They turned back due to clearing skies and the aircraft later crashed somewhere in the North Sea, well off the the province of South Holland, after said to have been hit by a nightfighter. |
Four of the
airmen
whose bodies were recovered,
are buried in
various locations in the Netherlands, as follows:
Sergeant Kenneth
Godfrey Howard DAVIES, RAF 568241
Bergen op Zoom War
cemetery* - grave ref. 32 B12
Sergeant Arthur
Walter
David FROST, RAFVR 1375651
Amsterdam New
Eastern
cemetery - lot 85 row B grave 1
Flight Sergeant
Charles
George WHITE, AFM, RAF 538321
Noordwijk General
cemetery - plot 1 joint grave 15
Pilot Officer
John
Davis Walker (Johnny) McCALLUM, RAFVR 61025
Den Berg cemetery,
Texel Island - plot K row 3 grave 63
The three airmen whose bodies were never found:
Sergeant Pilot Alfred James (Jim) HIGGISON, RNZAF 39635
Flying Officer Sydney Douglas MARSHALL, RAAF 402060
Sergeant Gordon Hogarth MAYOR, RAFVR 976107
are dedicated and
remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, London
Information from
a German source said an aircraft was seen to crash
on fire into the
sea, south west of Harlingen on 17 July 1942 with all crew
presumed
killed.
Not sure if this would have been the correct aircraft, as the
reported date is
a day before that for their mission.
Additional information about the four crew buried in the Netherlands:
F/S White was
washed
ashore 7 August 1941. His body was found by a
civilian and a
policeman
Hermanus van Venetiën at about 9 a.m. on the
beach of
Noordwijk.
He was buried that day (after being identified),
by the people of
the municipality. Original cross was wooden.
P/O McCallum was
washed ashore 13 August 1941 near kmp (or stake) 23,
3 km north of De
Koog. He was buried that day (after being identified),
by the people of
the municipality. Original cross was wooden.
It appears his
finding
was not reported to the authorities.
Sgt Frost was buried 12 August 1941.
Sgt Davies found
at sea by German vessel and *was originally
buried
in the Huisduinen
Military Cemetery (near Den Helder) on 14 August 1941.
Additional information about the aircraft:
Bombload: 5x1000lbs, 10x500lbs.
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