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released a touching documentary
about his life and death and how it
brought an American and a Dutch
family together. Click on the above
picture to visit the site.
19
January 2012
Added
2Lt
Edmund J. Torpey from East
Rockaway, LI, NY. Edmund was a bombardier on 1Lt
Donald
Winter's crew which was shot down on 30 January 1944 on
a mission to Braunschweig, Germany. The whole crew died when
their B17 crashed near Schoorl in The Netherlands. They were
attached to the 379th Bomb Group, operating out of Kimbolton.
Today Edmund is buried in a grave in
Woodbury, Long Island, New York. Many thanks to Ed Mehlig
for providing the information and pictures.
14
November 2011
Updated
the pages of FS Eddie
White of Red Deer, Alberta, WO Clifford Kettley
(picture) from Mission City, B.C. and F/O Marcel Tomczak
from Saskatoon, Sask. They were aprt of a crew with 405
Squadron and were shot down by a night fighter on 25 July
1943 near Ten Boer.
Thanks to Jane Skelton for information on Eddie White and a
crew picture.
13
November 2011
WO
Ralph Patrick
Campbell from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia was a very
experienced pilot with 101 Squadron. On 31 January 1943, he
and his crew were shot down by anti aircraft fire in the
vicinity of Amsterdam. The whole crew perished and are now
buried at Amsterdam
New Eastern Cemetery.
12
November 2011
Updated
F/L Hugh Hope's
page. His grandson Marty contacted me with some additional
information. Hugh was a mosquito pilot with 418 squadron and
was shot down on a daytime mission on 22 February 1945 near
Beerta. He and his navigator
Leslie Thorpe are
now buried at
Nieuweschans.
31 October 2011
Pfc
William A. Kolb
was from Delano, California. He was with the 414th Infantry
Regiment, 104th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Silver
Star in his first combat operation on 25 October 1944 near
Zundert in The Netherlands. He covered the retreat of his
comrades and was killed doing so. First buried locally, he
was later reburied at Henri Chapelle Military Cemetery in
Belgium. Many thanks to his nephew William Kolb for
providing the pictures and story of William's life.
27
October 2011
Updated
P/O Anthony Carter's
page. His Hampden AE151 was not shot down by a
German fighter on 21 December 1941, but was hit by Flak over the
German town of Oldenburg, after which is crash landed near
Schoonebeek. Thanks to Mr. Ben Winnemuller for
the correction and for allowing me to use his considerable
research into this crash.
Also added
a unit page for the
Wiltshire Regiment. Both 4th and 5th Battalion of this
Regiment fought in the Netherlands in 1944. 110 of its men
are buried in the Netherlands.
25 October 2011
Mr. Poulussen
just wrote and published a book
about the 504th and 508th Parachute
Infantry Regiment in the first few
days of Market Garden.
From the
forword: "The three day delay in the
capture of the Waal Bridge in
Nijmegen was
unnecessary and seriously
contributed to the failure of
operation “Market Garden”. A new
point of view, based on discovered
documents.
For the first time a factual account
of the decisive first twenty-four
hours of fighting by the 82nd
Airborne Division around Nijmegen.
If the Waal Bridge had been secured,
when British XXX Corps arrived in
Nijmegen on the 19th of September,
they would have had 48 hours to
relieve their compatriots at Arnhem.
Based on a lot of original material
in Dutch and American archives, the
author meticulously describes the
combat actions of the 504 and 508
PIR.
Background information, uncovered
maps and enlightening overviews
complete the book.
Visit the
Lost At Nijmegen website for
more information and how to order
this book.
24 October 2011
Soldaat
(private) Harm Snier
was a father of two when he was drafted into the Dutch army
when the threat of a German invasion hung over the
Netherlands. In May 1940 he was attached to the staff of the
1st Battalion, 25th Infantry Regiment, stationed at Schiphol
airfield. He was killed on 10 May 1940 at Schiphol during an
German air raid. Thanks to his son Evert for his picture and
information.
Also added
Ordinary Seaman Eric Higginbottom.
He was with Motor Gun Boat 328 and lost his life of 21 July
1942 when his MGB was destroyed while attacking enemy
shipping off the French coast. Eric is buried at
Amsterdam New
Eastern Cemetery.
Also added
a crew picture to the page of 1Lt Donald
E. Winter. He was a pilot with the 379th Bomb Group
and was shot down on 30 January 1944 on a mission to
Braunschweig. He is buried at
Richland,
South Dakota. Thanks to Gene for providing the crew
picture.