16 May  2012

Added a picture of F/L Victor Brewis, a Mosquito navigator with 605 Squadron. He was killed, with his pilot F/L Arthur Whitten-Brown, on 6 June 1944 on an intruder mission. The circumstances of the crash remain unknown. Both are buried at Hoorn cemetery. Picture courtesy of Mr. Velzeboer, who tends the graves of the airmen at this cemetery.

 

 

25 March  2012

Thanks to Mr. Ben Winnemuller I have been able to add a picture of Anthony Carter, a 21 year old pilot with 106 Squadron who was shot down and killed on 21 December 1941. He rests at Schoonebeek General Cemetery.

Also added infromation on P/O John Wilde, from Rottingdean, Sussex, thanks to his daughter Susan. John was an air gunner with 115 squadron and was killed on 3 August 1940 and is buried at Delfzijl.

F/S Reuben Scragg from Napier, New Zealand was an observer with 12 Squadron. He and his crew were shot down on 9 March 1942 on a mission to Essen. F/S Scragg and two others of his crew were killed. Air gunner Ron Arnold survived to become a PoW. Ronīs Grandson Chris wrote a story of his granddad and his crew. Many thanks to Chris for allowing me to use his research and the picture of F/S Scragg.

Updated Sgt. James Pepperīs page. James was an wireless operator with 7 Squadron and crashed on Texel island on 23 November 1943. Mr. Aller Spanninga, who as a kid lived a few doors down the crashsite, took the time to set some facts straight about the crash.

24 March  2012

I haven't been able to add much to the website in the last few months due to time constraints. I did receive a lot of emails and material from people that I wish to add to the site soon. Thank you all for contacting me with your information and pictures. I have been preparing pages of different men and they will be added as soon as possible. Thank you for all your patience and continued support.

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 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 part 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.

 

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