Relation with Lake (class): None. Cemetery without lake link.  
Total nr. of casualties buried here (TC) end WW2: at least 3. Today 3. 
Lake casualties, initially, end WW2 (LC-I): 0
Unknown today: 1
of which unknown from Lake (LC-U): 0
of which unknown from North Sea (NS-U): 1
Initial burial site in WW2.
Post war burial site for collection and reburial from other sites: no.
Cemetery with Lake casualties today: no. 


                
WIERUM

Two Canadian airmen rest here. They washed ashore in 1943, crew members of Stirling BF378 (15 Sqn) and Wellington HE432 (428 Sqn). The non-identified airman washed ashore in the same period.

   

Dutch name cemetery: Wierum Protestantse kerk/kerkhof. 
Full name: Westdongeradeel (Wierum) Protestant Churchyard.
Address (usable for car navigation:
Dyk str. 2, postal code 9141.

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Three war graves at Wierum. This is the headstone of the non-identified airman. Washed ashore 3rd May 1943. 




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