Date: 1941 Oct 10/11			A/C Type: Hampden I		SN: AD911		Code: OL-M		A/C Nickname:
File: 477		Airforce: RAF		Sqn/Unit:  83 Sqn			Mission/Raid: Essen
1	Pilot	Sgt, D. Hedley                            POW					9
2	Obs	Sgt. William A. Brooks             buried Texel Island					10
3	WO/AG	Sgt. G. Mitchell                          POW					11
4	WO/AG	Sgt. E. Gough                             POW					12
5							13
6							14
7							15
8							16
Came down in the Wadden Sea. Not far from Harlingen.

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Possibly Sgt. Brooks was in the aircraft at the time of the crash and entangled in the wreckage. After 6,5 months his remains were fished up and brought to Oudenschild-harbour on Texel Island, or he washed ashore there. Buried 29 April 1942 as English airman W. Brooks.



 Sources: 

- original burial files Texel island. Thanks to Mr. van Dijk, Texel museum.
- website CWGC
- see also our website article on the Texel war graves:  http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/971.html



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