Date: 1941 Jul 24/25			A/C Type: Wellington IC		SN: R1397		Code:		A/C Nickname:
File: 656		Airforce: RAF		Sqn/Unit:  103 Sqn			Mission/Raid: Kiel or Emden
1	Pilot	P/O Mervyn S. Lund                 New Zealand					9
2	CP/Obs	Sgt. Arthur Edward Owen					10
3	Fl Eng/AG	Sgt. John James Cox					11
4	WO/AG	Sgt. Roy P. Williams					12
5	WO/AG	Sgt. Alfred John Le Poidevin					13
6	Rear gunner	Sgt. Frank Gordon Walker					14
7							15
8							16
Crashed at Boazum/Oosterwierum, 15 SSW of Leeuwarden. Cause: nightfighter.

Based on research on the crash site of an unknown aircraft and burials there in July 1941, Dutch airwar researchers in Friesland discovered that the aircraft involved was Wellington R1397. The crew was reburied in The Northern Cemetery in city of Leeuwarden. Text on the headstones:

Grave 1 (first grave left on row 1): 'Four Airmen, RAF, 31 July 1941, Known to God'.  Date is probably recovery and burial date. The remains of the four are in one coffin.
Grave 2: 'An Airman, a Sgt., RAF, 31 July 1941, Known to God'.  This is a crew member, recovered as most intact man of the crew.    

See file Leeuwarden Cemetery:   http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/950.html



 Sources: 

- http://www.aircrewremembered.com/lund-mervyn.html 
 




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