| Date: 1941 May 24/25 | A/C Type: Wellington IC | SN: R1757 | Code: DX- | A/C Nickname: |  |
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| File: 421 | Airforce: RAF | Sqn/Unit: 57 Sqn | Mission/Raid: Nürnberg | |||||||
| 1 | Pilot | Sgt. Arthur W. Jeffries | 9 | |||||||
| 2 | Obs | Sgt. Percy F. Cooke | 10 | |||||||
| 3 | Fl Eng/AG | Sgt. William C. Wood | 11 | |||||||
| 4 | Rear gunner | Sgt. William H. Byers | 12 | |||||||
| 5 | CP | P/O Hilyard L. Myers buried Kuinre | 13 | |||||||
| 6 | WO/AG | F/O L. Rickard (Canada) POW | 14 | |||||||
| 7 | 15 | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | |||||||||
This aircraft drove deep in the soft ground in a new made polder (NOP), which was still marshy on this side, 3km WNW off Blokzijl. It became a field grave. The Germans placed a wooden cross with their names after the names were received via the Red Cross. Only pilot officer Myers was recovered at the time by the Germans and buried in Kuinre. |
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Post war in 1948 the aircraft was recovered and remains of the four found. They were buried on the cemetery of the administrative centre of this polder, new village named Emmeloord.
See for photos our cemetery-files. Seach Menu, search on: Cemeteries - Lake Area Cemeteries - Kuinre or Emmeloord.
- File on Emmeloord War Graves: http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/931.html
Sources:
- http://www.teunispats.net/t1293.htm
- files Stchting Urk in Oorlogstijd
- website CWGC
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