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In
Memory of
John
Davis Walker McCALLUM
Pilot
Officer 61025 RAFVR
Died
on
Friday, 18 July 1941
Buried
in Den Berg cemetery, Texel Island, Netherlands
Plot K row
3
grave 63
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.
The
original cross
was wooden.
It
appears his finding
was not reported to the authorities,
as he
was recorded
as being 'Missing In Action' till the War
ended,
when his
Father was informed.
Johnny
was the Observer
on Stirling I bomber, N6030 LS -'P' of the
15
Squadron, which
had taken off from Wyton, Cambridgeshire on 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 it was said to have been hit
by
a night?fighter.
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