Date: 1941 Jul 07/07 | A/C Type: Blenheim IV | SN: Z7424 | Code: XD- | A/C Nickname: | ||||||
File: 176 | Airforce: RAF | Sqn/Unit: 139 Sqn | Mission/Raid: Anti-shipping off Dutch coast | |||||||
1 | Pilot | Sgt. John A. Causon MIA | 9 | |||||||
2 | Obs | Sgt. Roy Spencer buried Terschelling (West) | 10 | |||||||
3 | WO/AG | Sgt. William B. Cundill buried Amsterdam | 11 | |||||||
4 | 12 | |||||||||
5 | 13 | |||||||||
6 | 14 | |||||||||
7 | 15 | |||||||||
8 | 16 | |||||||||
Came down in the North Sea off Kennemerland. Sgt. Cundill washed ashore at Zandvoort and was buried in Amsterdam. His body had been a month at sea. He was buried on 9 August 1941, with name and service-no. |
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The body of the pilot, Sgt. Causon, is still in the wreck or buried as unknown in the period 7 July 1941 - April 1942 from IJmuiden-Velsen up to the Danish west coast.
Sources:
- website CWGC
- 2012 reconstruction of the original Amsterdam burial files 1940-1945.
© ZZairwar (Zuyder Sea Air War)