Date: 1940 Jun 27/27			A/C Type: Blenheim IV		SN: P6958		Code: LA-D		A/C Nickname:
File: 173		Airforce: RAF		Sqn/Unit: 325 Sqn Coastal Com			Mission/Raid: Recon and search for missing aircraft
1	Pilot	P/O Hugh S. Pardoe-Williams					9
2	Navigator	Sgt. Clifford W. Thorley					10
3	WO/AG	P/O Edward A. Saunders					11
4							12
5							13
6							14
7							15
8							16
Energency landing failed. Crashed Ouderkerk a/d Amstel, Rondehoep no. 52. All 3 KIA, buried Amsterdam.

Link to pdf by ARG 1940-1945:  http://www.arg1940-1945.nl/index_htm_files/Ouderkerk.pdf 

Only name 'P Williams' was entered in the burial records. Thorley and Saunders were initially buried as 'Unknown Eng. Mil.'
Post war they were exhumed and identified. They were moved to another plot on the cemetery. 





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