Date: 1945 Apr 07/07			A/C Type: Spitfire		SN: TB 359		Code:		A/C Nickname:
File: 647		Airforce: RAF		Sqn/Unit:  340 Sqn			Mission/Raid: Armed Recon
1	Pilot	1st Maitre Francis Delery					9
2	Navigator						10
3	WO/AG						11
4	Bomb aimer						12
5	F/Engineer						13
6	Tail gunner						14
7							15
8							16
Was damaged by Flak over Hilversum. Went down in a meadow west of Bunschoten, pilot KIA.

Francis Delery was initially buried in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. In 1949 all French war casualties in the Netherlands were repatriated to France or to the French centralisation cemetery in the Netherlands in Kapelle. As a memorial to him, they left his empty grave and gravestone intact up to this day. See our file on Bunschoten-Spakenburg Cemetery in the Search Menu. 



  


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