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30 December 2005
Added F/O Clarence Long from Canada. He was a navigator on Sgt Keeble's crew. They were shot down on 19 February 1943 with the whole crew lost. F/O Long is buried at Wierum.
Also added Sgt Arnold Borrett (picture) from Kalgoorlie, Australia. He was with the same crew and is buried at Schiermonnikoog.
29 December 2005 Added Sgt Kenneth Keeble from Liverpool who lies buried at Nes Protestant Cemetery. He was an air gunner on a Stirling with 15 Squadron that was shot down on 19 February 1943 on a mission to Wilhelmshaven. All seven of the crew perished when the plane crashed into the Waddenzee.
Also buried at Nes is an unknown Officer who was killed or buried there on 1 August 1940.
23 December 2005
I wish all visitors, veterans, families of those who lie buried in The Netherlands, and the many people who contributed to this site to help make it a fitting tribute, a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year. Although not done for this year, I hope to be able to continue to pay respect to those who gave their all for our freedom, in 2006. I am honored to have the opportunity to "get to know" these men who died for our freedom and commemorate their lives and sacrifices, so that our generation might know who they were.
16 December 2005
Pvt Vernon Richardson from Oak Grove, Texas was with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He was killed in the attacks on Jülich, Germany near the Ruhr River, on 5 December 1944. He rests at Margraten.
Thanks to Pete Wright and Ed Williams for the pictures and information.
13 December 2005
S/Sgt Robert Crumpton from Ennis, Texas was an engineer/gunner on a B17 with the 384th Bomb Group. His B17 collided with another B17 over Germany on 28 September 1944, killing him and six others in his plane. S/Sgt Crumpton is now buried at Margraten. Thanks to Pete Wright and Ken Decker for the picture and information.
Also updated S/Sgt John Furrow's page with thanks to Mr. Wallace Blackwell and Dave Jordan of the 398th BG Association.
9 December 2005 Pvt Charles Frinks from Alexandria, Virginia was killed on 17 April 1945 by a German sniper near Salzwedel, Germany. He was with the 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron and rests at Margraten. Thanks to Robert Duijkers for the pictures and information.
8 December 2005
Added Porucznik Waclaw Michalik from Krakow, Poland. He was an observer with the 301 squadron crew that was shot down on a mission to Emden on 23 June 1942. He lies buried at Schiermonnikoog.
7 December 2005 Updated the page of Polish Plutonowy Zdzislaw Twarkowski. He was an air gunner with 301 (Polish) squadron and was lost on 23 June 1943 on a mission to Emden. He is buried at Ulrum. Kapral Kazimierz Kapa washed ashore on Schiermonnikoog and is buried there. Other members of his crew will be added later. Thanks to Michal Mirski for pointing me in the right direction!
5 December 2005
Added S/Sgt Herman Stauter from Mississppi. He was a waist gunner on a B17 with the 303rd Bomb Group that was shot down on 24 February 1944 near the German town of Hungen. Sgt Stauter today rests at Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium, together with four of his crew. Two of his crew are buried at Margraten, among them T/Sgt Edwin Frolick, whose page I have updated.
Many thanks to Mr. James Frolick, Mr. Paul Stauter and Mr. James Erbeck who recently visited Hungen and managed to contact eyewitnesses of the crash. He sent me his story and pictures which enabled me to add significantly to the pages of these men.
2 December 2005 Added Sgt Frederick Barnes from Sheffield and Sgt John Atkinson from Darlington, Co. Durham. Sgt Barnes was the observer of the F/O Rowlands crew that crashed on 5 September 1942. Sgt Atkinson was an air gunner on that crew. Both are buried at Bergen General Cemetery.
28 November 2005 Sgt John Luton from Cameray, New South Wales and P/O Adam Hastings were in the crew of F/O Richard Rowlands. They were shot down over the IJsselmeer on a mission to Bremen. Sgt Luton is buried at Stavoren, P/O Hastings at Lemmer.
27 November 2005 Sgt Thomas Quinlan was an air gunner with 101 Squadron. He and his crew were killed on 2 August 1941. He lies buried at Scharl. Also buried at this cemetery is Australian F/O Richard Rowlands. A police constable before he joined the RAAF, he was killed while flying with 207 Squadron on 5 September 1942.
26 November 2005 Sgt Anthony Considine from Derk, Co. Limerick, was an observer with 49 squadron. He failed to return on 10 April 1942 from a mission to Essen. His whole crew perished and are buried in different cemeteries. Sgt Considine is buried in Scharl. Also buried at Scharl are an unknown airman and an unknown Australian Airman. Both were buried there in 1942.
25 November 2005 S/Sgt John Furrow from Salem, VA was with the 398th Bomb Group. He was lost over the English Channel on 1 January 1945. He is commemorated at the Margraten Wall of the Missing.
22 November 2005 S/Sgt Alonzo Greene from Nebraska was killed on 24 March 1945 near Wesel, Germany. His 194th Glider Infantry Regiment (17th Airborne Division) was part of Operation Varsity, the Airborne landings over the Rhine river. He rests at Margraten.
21 November 2005 Sgt Cecil Hurle was an wireless operator with 102 squadron. His Halifax crashed into the North Sea on a mission to Duisburg on 13 May 1943. He is buried in Castricum. Two of his crew washed ashore on German beaches and are buried in Germany. The others are still missing.
Also added Sgt Reginald Withrington from Shoreham-by-Sea. He was the observer of the 105 Squadron Blenheim, piloted by Sgt Taylor, that crashed into the sea off Scheveningen on 19 July 1941. He is buried at Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery. Thanks to Dennis Peschier.
20 November 2005 Sgt Selwyn Sparkes from South Shields was a wireless operator on a Blenheim with 105 squadron. He was shot down on an anti shipping mission on 19 July 1941 off the coast of Scheveningen. He is buried in Bergen. His pilot was Sgt Ronald Taylor from Christchurch, New Zealand. His body washed ashore on the beach near Noordwijk where he is buried today.
19 November 2005
Sgt Lawrence Streeter, from Wellington, New Zealand, was a pilot with 26 O.T.U. He was lost over the North Sea on a mission to Essen on 16 September 1942. His body washed ashore near Noordwijk where he is buried. An air gunner of the crew, American F/S Howard Johnson is buried in Amsterdam. Thanks to Dennis Peschier for information on Lawrence Streeter.
18 November 2005
F/O Francis Moynihan (picture) from Birmingham was a navigator with 51 Squadron. He was lost on a mission to Berlin on 22 November 1943. The whole crew perished when their plane crashed into the IJsselmeer. F/O Moynihan is buried in Lemmer. Sgt Edward Dyer, from Cullompton, Devon, is buried at Amersfoort. Sgt Alfred Springett, wireless operator from Leeds, at Hindeloopen. The others are commemorated at Runnymede. They will be added at a later date.
17 November 2005
Added F/O Ralph MacDonald from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He was a typhoon pilot with 439 Squadron and was killed while simulating a dog fight with a fellow pilot during a maintenance flight over Eindhoven on 3 November 1944.
16 November 2005
Added Sgt Ronald Jacobs from Worthing, South Dakota. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Silver Star and was with the 30th Infantry Division since it landed in Europe. He was first wounded in Normandy and killed near Magdeburg, Germany on 17 April 1945. He rests at Margraten.
15 November 2005
Added 1Lt Jimmie Knight from San Antonio, Texas (picture). After graduating from Texas A&M College in 1943, he joined the army and was with the 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron when he was killed on 27 February 1945 near Golkrath, Germany. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for the action which resulted in his death. He is buried at Margraten.
Also added T4 Inman Beasley from Statesboro, Georgia. He was with the 187th Field Artillery Group and was killed on 19 September 1944. He is still Missing In Action.
I also "launched" the new look of the site. After more than two years I thought it was time to give the site a new face. Not all main pages are yet in this new style, but hopefully will be soon. From now on the individual pages of the men will have a new banner as well. The navigation has remained the same.
4 November 2005 Added F/O Samuel Angelini from Hamiliton, Ontario and F/O Maurice Laycock from Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. Both were flying Typhoons with 439 squadron. F/O Laycock was killed on 28 October 1944 and lies buried at Terwolde Cemetery. F/O Angelini crashed on 1 January, near Rips after being shot down during Operation Bodenplatte and rests at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Many thanks to Mr. Mike Melnick of the 439 Sqn website.
25 October 2005
Updated T/Sgt Albert Martin's page. He was an American wireless operator on "Detached Service" with 44 Squadron and lost his life on 22 June 1944 on a mission to Wesseling. He is commemorated at the Margraten Wall of the Missing.
Added Sgt Robert Gunson (picture) from Camden, New Jersey. He was a gunner on a B-17 with the 305th BG and was lost on 22 June 1943 on a mission to Hüls in Germany. He is buried at Margraten.
24 October 2005 Added F/L Oscar Oden from Tauranga, Auckland, New Zealand. He was a typhoon pilot with 198 squadron and was lost on a mission on 11 December 1944. He survived the crash landing but died the next day in a German hospital. He is buried in Soestbergen. Thanks to Mr. Cripps for the picture and information on Oscar Oden.
23 October 2005 Today 63 years ago, 4 mosquitos of 105 squadron took off from their base at Marham, Norfolk for a daylight attack on the Stork factory at Hengelo. One of the mosquitos was shot down, killing pilot S/L Joseph Simpson from Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand and his navigator F/L Claud Walter. They rest in Raard.
18 October 2005 Added a link to Peter Heckmanns' site IN HONORED GLORY, about Americans buried at the American Cemetery at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. A site comparable to this one and very highly recommended!! Clink on the link to visit his site.
8 October 2005 Added Pfc Bernard Husted from Lily Dale, New York. He was with the 99th Recon Troop and was killed on his first day at the front, on his first mission. He is buried at Margraten. Thanks to his brother Edward for Bernard's story. Edward himself is a veteran with the 82nd Engineer Combat Battalion.
The salvage of the 78 Squadron Halifax LV905 near Hank has been completed. The salvage started on 5 September and its aim was to recover the remains of the five crew still onboard. Although some bone fragments were found there was too little to carry out an individual identification.
The LV905 was a 78 Sqn Halifax that was shot down on 24/25 May 1944 after attacking Aachen. Read more...
7 October 2005
Today 61 years ago the 457th Bomb Group flew a mission to Stettin. The lead plane, flown by Capt Alfred Fischer from Texas and leading the entire 94th Bomb Wing, was shot down over the target, killing six of the eleven crew. Capt Fischer was one of those killed. His plane crashed in Stettin Bay. He is commemorated at the Wall of the Missing at Margraten.
5 October 2005
Added S/Sgt Eugene Darter from Long Beach, California. He was a Radio operator on a B-17 with the 95th Bomb Group and was killed on a mission to Bremen on 16 December 1943. He is commemorated on the Wall of the Missing the Cambridge American Cemetery. Thanks to his brother Michael Darter.
4 October 2005 Pfc James Baney was from Buffalo, New York. He was a trooper with the 517th Regimental Combat Team and was killed on 8 February 1945 near Bergstein, Germany. Thanks to Mr. Marshall Baird for contributing to this story about his friend.
3 October 2005
Added P/O Leslie Harcus from Orkney. He was a pilot on a Stirling with 7 squadron and was shot down off the Dutch coast on 3 June 1942, while on a mission to Essen. He is still missing and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Only two others of his crew were found. Sgt Ronald Archer from Hallow, Middlesex, rests in Amsterdam and Sgt Armstrong on the island of Vlieland.
2 October 2005 Family of dead WWII airman sought
The RAF is trying to trace the family of a Kent airman killed during World War II after what were believed to be his remains were found 63 years later.
Sgt John Robinson, from the Sevenoaks area, died when his Stirling bomber crashed in the Netherlands in 1942.
The RAF wants to find his next-of-kin so that he can be buried with full military honours.
1 October 2005 Added S/Sgt Richard Sheraski from Wisconsin and S/Sgt Gerrald Crotty from California. They were air gunners on T/Sgt Taffy Williams' B-24 that was shot down on a mission to re-supply the airborne forces that attacked across the Rhine river on 24 March 1945. S/Sgt Sheraski and S/Sgt Crotty rest at Margraten.
30 September 2005 Added Dutch privates Sijbrand van der Meulen and Frederik Wapstra, both from Wolvega. They were conscripted into the Dutch Army and were killed on 10 May 1940 during the German bombardments of Schiphol airport. They both rest in Wolvega.
21 September 2005 Added Sgt Albert Marsland, flight engineer and Sgt William Rees, from Blaengarw, of the 49 Squadron Lancaster that crashed near Wolvega on 16 December 1943.
19 September 2005
Added Sgt Ricardo Losa from Canada and F/S Bede King (picture) from Wellington, Australia. They were air gunners on a 49 squadron bomber that was lost on 16 December 1943. They are buried in Wolvega.
Updated the pages of Sgt Stanley Boothroyd and Sgt William Wild who were part of a Halifax crew with 138 Special Duty squadron that crashed in the Beemster polder on 22 May 1943. They both rest at Bergen War Cemetery.
17 September 2005 P/O Gordon Ratcliffe from Sheffield was lost on 16 December 1943. He was a pilot with 49 squadron and on his first operational mission. He and his crew are buried in Wolvega. Sgt Wilfred Day from Settle was his bomb aimer and Sgt Edward Holloway, from Birmingham, his navigator.
13 September 2005 1Lt Edward Fry from Brownsville, Texas was a platoon leader with the 82nd Engineer Combat Battalion. He was killed on 23 November 1944 when a truck drove over a mine close to were he was standing. 2Lt Joseph Campanale was killed in the same incident. Both are buried at Margraten.
Also added Cpl Richard Wells from Cherry Creek, New York who was with the same unit. He was killed on 9 September 1944 near Hasselt, Belgium. Thanks to Mr. Edward Husted, Mr. Wilbert White and Mr. Buol Hinman of the 82nd Engineer Combat Battalion.
7 September 2005 Pfc Charles Stoneman was from Marion County, Ohio. He was with the 309th Engineer Combat Battalion of the 84th Infantry Division and was killed during the Battle of the Bulge on 19 December 1944. He is buried at Margraten.
1 September 2005 Added T/Sgt Taffy Williams from Concord, North Carolina. He was an radio operator on a B-24 with the 389th Bomb Group. He was lost on a mission to re-supply the airborne forces near Wesel on 24 March 1945 during Operation Varsity. He and several of his crew are buried at Margraten. Many thanks to Mr. Taffy Williams, his nephew, for permitting me to use his extensive research into the crew and their war time career.
31 August 2005 Updated F/O Marcel Tomczak's page. He was a pilot with 405 Sqn RCAF and was lost on 25 July 1943. He and his crew (only one man survived) are buried in Ten Boer Protestant Cemetery.
30 August 2005 Added Sgt Robert Sloan from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was a navigator with 61 squadron and was killed on 15 May 1943 when his plane was shot down by Flak and crashed in a park in Amsterdam, where he and his crew are buried.
Also added F/L Daniel McLeod from Edinburgh. He was a mosquito pilot with 487 Sqn RNZAF and was killed on 18 November 1944. He is buried in Gorssel.
29 August 2005
Added Pfc Rocco Rossi from Camden, New Jersey. Pfc Rossi was with the 33rd Engineer Battalion, 7th Armored Division and was awarded the Silver Star. He was killed on 30 November 1944 under unknown circumstances and at an unknown location. He is buried at Margraten.
25 August 2005 T4 George Pruitt was from Camden, New Jersey. He was with the 43rd Signal Construction Battalion and was awarded the Soldier's Medal for heroism. He was killed on 10 June 1945 and is buried at Margraten.
Also added S/Sgt Richard Mc Coy from Jersey City, New Jersey. He was a Flight Engineer with the 44th Bomb Group and died on a mission to Oschersleben on 20 February 1944.
24 August 2005 Sgt Reginald Moss from Plymouth was an air gunner on the Lancaster of 1654 Conversion Unit that crashed near Oudehorne on 14 September 1942. Sgt Moss and his crew are buried in Nieuwehorne. Sgt Percy Jones from Pontllanfraith was an air gunner on this crew. P/O Edwin Dowdell from Kilburn, Middlesex piloted W4108. F/S John Adams from Canada was the air bomber on this crew.
23 August 2005 Added Pvt Anthony Manley from Los Angeles, California. He was a private with E Company, 517th Regimental Combat Team and joined the unit in Italy. He participated in Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France and the heavy fighting of the Huertgen forest where his unit was severely battered. He was killed on 8 February 1945 near Bergstein, Germany by a mortar shell, just moments before the unit was taken off the line. Thanks to Mr. Joseph Martel, Mr. Gene Brissey and "Ben" for the story of Pvt. Manley and the action in which he perished.
Also added P/O Patrick Vivian from Christchurch, New Zealand. He had completed a tour with 83 Squadron and was posted to 1654 Conversion Unit. He was lost on 14 September 1942 on a mission to Bremen. He and his crew rest at Nieuwehorne Protestant Cemetery. Sgt George Walker from Pleasley Hill, Nottinghamshire was the flight engineer on this crew and F/S Robert Robertson from Douglas, Isle of Man, the wireless operator.
22 August 2005
Added two links: Steve Cole's Custermen on the 85th "Custer" division and the role of the US Forces in the battle for Italy. The website includes biographies of soldiers who served in Italy.Bob Body's website on 138 and 161 Special Duty Squadrons, operating out of Tempsford. (Click on banner)
21 August 2005 Added SSgt Jack Mason from Ohio and 1Lt William Dietel from Fredericksburg, Texas. SSgt Mason was the tail gunner and 1Lt Dietel the pilot of the 384th BG B17 SKY QUEEN that was shot down on 28 July 1943. They both rest at Margraten. I have been able to add to the story of this crash thanks to the untiring efforts of Mr. Frank Weening.
Also updated TSgt Saul Suskind's and SSgt Joseph Racco's page.
Yesterday the Bomber Command Memorial at the Nanton Air Museum in Canada was dedicated. The memorial lists the names of 10,645 Canadian airmen who lost their life while on duty with Bomber command. Read the article that appeared today on the Calgary Herald website.
20 August 2005 Added SSgt Edward Amory. Edward was born in Haiti in 1911 but moved to the United States and joined the USAAF in early 1942. He became an air gunner with the 384th Bomb Group and was shot down on 28 July 1943. He is buried in Margraten.
19 August 2005
Added Pfc Russell Wester (picture) from Nutley, New Jersey and 1Lt William Glass from Pennsylvania. They were with the 93rd Chemical Mortar Battalion and the only two casualties the unit sustained during the war. They were killed during an engagement on 11 April 1945 in the town of Wullersleben. Both are buried at Margraten. Thanks to Mr. Anthony Buccino for the picture and information on Russell Wester.
Also updated Pvt Robert Rutledge's and Pfc Alfred Corgan's page.
16 August 2005 Updated 1Lt Victor Vogel's page with two pictures.
15 August 2005 Added 2Lt Joseph Barnett from Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, 2Lt Guy Haglund from Hennepin County, Minnesota and TSgt Josephine Payton from Hardin County, Kentucky. 2Lt Barnett and TSgt Payton flew on the same crew with 392nd Bomb Group. 2Lt Haglund flew another B-24 in that Bomb Group. Their planes were lost on 24 February 1944 on a mission to Gotha. All three are buried at Margraten. Other members of their Group that died on that day and are buried at Margraten will be added later.
11 August 2005 I have updated the pages of P/O Ronald Carrapiett, Sgt Anthony White, Sgt Arthur Wroath and P/O Cecil Jones. They crashed near Waterhuizen on 8 April 1941 on a mission to Emden. Thanks to Mr. Co Maarschalkerweerd who allowed me to use pictures and the article he wrote about the crash.
10 August 2005 Added P/O William Holden from Canada, Sgt Reginald Conuel from Sheffield, Sgt Jack Hook from Northolt, Middlesex and Sgt Terence Hunt from Romford, Essex. They were part of a crew with 7 squadron that was brought down on a mission to Dortmund on 5 May 1943. P/O Holden and Sgt Hunt are buried in Bergen General Cemetery. Sgt Hook and Sgt Conuel are buried in Amsterdam. The three remaining crew are still missing and commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial. They will be added later.
Also added F/S George White AFM from London. He was an wireless operator/air gunner with 15 Squadron and was lost on 18 July 1941. He is buried in Noordwijk. Other members of his crew are Sgt Arthur Frost, buried in Amsterdam and Sgt Alfred Higgison, commemorated at Runnymede. The other crew members will be added later.
9 August 2005 S/Sgt Raymond Aremburg was from Grafton County, New Hampshire. He was with the 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division and was killed in the push for the Roer river, close to the town of Welz in Germany on 29 November 1944. He is buried in Margraten.
8 August 2005
Updated T/Sgt Benjamin Purdy's page. He was lost on a mission to Wesermunde on 26 July 1943. For the mission he was "on loan" to the crew of Lt Duncan of the 385th Bomb Group. Their B17 was brought down and the crew all perished. There is considerable doubt as to the reason of the crew's death. It was said at the time their plane ditched in the North Sea. After the war families of the crew got this picture on which several of the crew were identified. If this is indeed the crew, this opens up a great number of questions. Anyone who knows who the men on this picture are or who can tell who took the picture or when, is urgently asked to contact us. The crew is till listed as Missing in Action.
6 August 2005 Added Sgt John Dowds from Musselburgh, Midlothian. He was an air gunner on the crew of F/O Coleman DFC (See 5 August). The six crew member, Sgt Brown DFM, will be added later.
Also added Sgt Robert Duncan from Vancouver, Canada. He was an air gunner on the crew of P/O Peers, 58 Squadron and was killed on 15 January 1941 on a mission to Wilhelmshaven. He is buried in Amsterdam.
Pilot Sgt Albert Holder from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and air gunners Sgt Thomas Ryan, Sgt Kenneth Raiswell and Sgt Thomas Phillips, of 115 squadron, were also added. They and the rest of their crew (P/O Ronald Barlow and Sgt Noel Blair were already added) were shot down on 13 April 1942 and are buried in Amsterdam.
5 August 2005 Added F/O William Coleman DFC from Christchurch, New Zealand and Sgt William Annan from Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. F/O Coleman was one of the very first pilots to join the newly formed 75 squadron in 1939 and an experienced pilot. Sgt Annan was an air gunner on his crew. They were lost lost on 26 July 1940 on a mission to Kassel. The whole crew is buried in Amsterdam. Also added P/O Frank Poole, from Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand, the second pilot of this crew and the wireless operator Sgt William Neville from Edmonton, Middlesex.
4 August 2005 Added Sgt Ronald Hollywood. He was an flight engineer with 103 Squadron and was one of two men lost of his crew when their Lancaster was shot down on 26 June 1943. Sgt Hollywood is buried in Hoofddorp. P/O Joseph Addison is buried in Amsterdam.
2 August 2005 Updated P/O Ronald Kennedy's page and added Sgt Walter Cumberland. They were with 192 Special Duty Squadron and were lost when their Halifax had to ditch in the North Sea on a mission to Essen on 26 March 1944. P/O Kennedy is buried in Wierhuizen Protestant Cemetery. Sgt Cumberland is buried in Vredenhof Cemetery on Schiermonnikoog. Many thanks to Mr. John Rees who provided the information regarding this crew and their demise.
1 August 2005 Added Cpl John Duchan and Cpl James Laing from Leith, Edinburgh who were with 45 Royal Marine Commando and lost their life in the fighting for "Belle Isle" near Weert on 28 January 1945. They are buried in Nederweert.
28 July 2005 Added a 7 squadron crew that crashed near Gieten on 21 October 1943 on a mission to Leipzig. Perished in the crash were Sgt Edwin Carter from Brighton, Sgt Ernest Pocknell from London, Sgt Leonard Searle from Abbey Wood, Kent, F/S Donald Watson from Willesden, Middlesex, Sgt Frank White from Kew Gardens, Surrey, Sgt David Wilson and F/S Kenneth Gore form Leeds. They are buried at Gieten General Cemetery.
27 July 2005 Added F/O Casper Haboian from Detroit, Michigan. He was a pilot with 160th squadron, 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group. He went missing on 18 March 1945. He is commemorated at the Wall of the Missing at Margraten.
Also added an Unknown airman, buried at Zoelen, who lost his life on 10 May 1940.
26 July 2005 Added WOII Neil Stewart from Paris, Ontario, Canada. He was an air gunner on a Halifax with 428 squadron. His plane was shot down on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. WOII Stewart is buried in Andijk. Another member of his crew, F/O Woolverton (who as from London, Ontario) is buried in Enkhuizen and a third member in Groesbeek War Cemetery near Nijmegen. The others are still missing.
25 July 2005 Updated P/O Joseph Addison's page. He was from Victoria, British Colombia and was killed on 26 June 1943 on a mission to Gelsenkirchen. He is buried in Amsterdam.
Added Major James E. Foley from Rhode island, Pfc Clyde Heaps from Illinois and Pfc Thomas Migliore from New Jersey. Major Foley was an officer and Pfcs Heaps and Migliore engineers with 276th Engineer Combat Battalion. They were killed in the Ludendorff Bridge collapse near Remagen on 17 March 1945. They are buried in Margraten.
Also added Cpl William Leech who was with the 4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. He was killed on 25 September 1944, probably when trying to cross the Rhine river to assist the airborne troops on the north side of the river to evacuate after the failed operation at Arnhem. Cpl Leech is buried in Lienden General Cemetery.
24 July 2005 Added 1Lt Frank Harte and 2Lt Carl Conley, both from Alabama, and S/Sgt Thomas Mc Donald from Michigan. They were members of a B17 crew with the 100th Bomb Group and shot down on 22 April 1944 on a mission to Hamm, Germany. Seven of the crew were taken PoW. The three airmen are buried in Margraten.
Also added American P/O Leonard Almquist from Michigan, who was a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was lost on 15 December 1941 while on a anti-shipping mission with 407 squadron RCAF. He is still missing and is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
14 July 2005 Added Rifleman Leonard Warner from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and was killed near Deventer on 11 April 1945 when trying to reach a forward platoon that was surrounded. He is buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery.
Also added Sgt Stanley Boothroyd from Bradford and Sgt William Wild from Bolton. They were flight engineer and rear gunner on a 138 Special Duty Squadron Halifax that crashed on 22 May 1943 on a mission to drop supplies to the Dutch resistance. They are buried in Bergen.
13 July 2005 It is with great satisfaction that I learned yesterday that the salvage of the wreckage of 78 squadron Halifax III LV905 will start on 5 September. LV905 crashed near the town of Hank on 24/25 May 1944 after it bombed the railway yards in Aachen. The whole crew was killed in the crash. This was the first major research project I undertook in 1986, at the request of a nephew of one of the crew. After years of research we concluded that five of the crew were still with the plane, although they were officially buried at Jonkerbos Cemetery in Nijmegen. Then a dedicated group of local residents took over the struggle to get the plane salvaged. They started the 'Foundation Salvage Halifax 1944' and finally last year they succeeded in convincing the local government and raising 25.000 euros as their contribution in the costs. The crew of the LV905 will be added to this site at a later date. I will also keep everybody updated on the progress and results of the salvage. Visit the website of the Foundation by clicking here.
12 July 2005 Added another 58 Squadron crew that was lost on 15 January 1941 on a mission to Wilhelmshaven. Sgt Howard Shipley from Walsall, Staffordshire is buried in Alkmaar General Cemetery. Sgt Robert Couser DFM from Crowborough, Sussex and P/O William Peers from Leamington Spa are buried in Amsterdam. P/O Melville Griffiths from Sheldon, Warwickshire is still missing and commemorated at Runnymede. Sgt Duncan will be added later.
11 July 2005 Added a crew of 58 Squadron that was lost on 8 April 1941 on a mission to Emden. Sgt Anthony White from Bristol, P/O Ronald Carrapiett from Bedford, Sgt Arthur Wroath from Plymouth and P/O Cecil Jones from Northern Rhodesia. They are buried in Groningen. Thanks to Mr. Andrew Stevens for the information about Sgt White and his missions.
Also the US Department of Defense announced that the remains of two soldiers, missing since January 1945 near Elsenborn, Belgium, have been found and identified. Sgt. Puckett has been buried at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neuville-en-Conboz, Belgium. Pvt Brown has been buried in Bristol, Virginia. Read the press release here.
10 July 2005 Updated the page of Sgt Ian Overheu. Thanks to the contributions of Mr. Richard, Tony and Tim Overheu and Mr. Erroll Martyn it is now known that Sgt Overheu was not from New Zealand but from Geraldton, Western Australia. He went to New Zealand in 1936 and joined the RNZAF in 1940. Sgt Overheu was lost on 16 June 1941 off the Dutch coast.
8 July 2005 Added T/Sgt Benjamin Purdy from Massachusetts and S/Sgt Charles Propst from Virginia. T/Sgt Purdy was an engineer/top turret gunner on a B17 with 385th Bomb Group and S/Sgt Propst was an air gunner on the same crew. They and their crew were lost on 26 July 1943 on a mission to Wesermunde. The crew is mentioned on the Wall of the Missing in Margraten.
7 July 2005 Added 2Lt William Hacker from Middlesex County, Massachusetts and S/Sgt Frederick Robinson from Albany, New York. 2Lt Hacker was a co-pilot and S/Sgt Robinson a tail gunner with 44th Bomb Group and went missing on a mission to Bremen on 13 November 1943. Their plane apparently ditched in the North Sea but the whole crew perished. They are mentioned on the Wall of the Missing in Margraten.
6 July 2005 I added a new feature to the site. As a visitor to this site you can now subscribe to my newsletter which will keep you up to date with all the additions and new features on this website. I will not use this newsletter for anything but to let you know about updates, so don't expect spam or unwanted e-mails. I intend to sent out one newsletter every two to four weeks. Subscribe now! (see the subscription box on the left)
Added W/O Arthur Leonard from Canada and Sgt Vincent McKenzie from Southall, Middlesex. They were part of a Lancaster crew with 44 Squadron that crashed near Wesseling on 22 June 1944. T/Sgt Albert Martin was with the USAAF but flew this mission with this very international crew and is still missing. W/O Leonard and Sgt McKenzie are buried in Nederweert War Cemetery, together with P/O Wood, their pilot.
5 July 2005 Added Sgt Gerald Sexton from Calcott, Berkshire, who was killed 65 years ago this evening. On 5/6 July 1940 he and his crew were on a mission to Cologne. Due to circumstances they weren't to able to attack that city but instead ended up bombing Schiphol Airfield. Their Wellington was shot down and crashed near Haarlem, killing Sgt Sexton. He is buried in Amsterdam.
27 June 2005 Added Pvt Lonnie Green from Knox County, Tennessee. He was with an all African-American company attached to the 14th Armored Division, and was killed on 6 April 1945, although the circumstances of his death remain uncertain. He is one of two men of the 14th Armored Division that are buried at Margraten.
21 June 2005 Added 1Lt George K. Beine from Marin County, California. Lt. Beine was platoon leader of the Reconnaissance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 19th Armored Infantry Bn. (AIB), 14th Armored Division. He was taken PoW on 1 January 1945 during the opening stages of the German offensive, Operation Norwind. He was shot while trying to escape from a German PoW camp. He is buried in Margraten. Many thanks to Mr. DeWitt for helping me with information on Lt. Beine.
20 June 2005 Added Sgt Henry Glover from King's Lynn, Norfolk. He was an bomb aimer with 7 Squadron and he and his crew were lost over the North Sea on 25 June 1943. He is buried in Castricum.
19 June 2005 Added Sgt Ronald Ware, Sgt John Stirk and Sgt Thomas Fraser, all from the 15 O.T.U. Wellington that was shot down on 17 September 1942 while on a raid to Essen. The whole crew is buried in Bergen General Cemetery.
Also added Able Seaman George Allenby. He was a Royal navy gunner, stationed on the S.S. Pacific and was lost when the vessel went missing from convoy FS33 on 8 February 1943. He is buried in Alkmaar.
8 June 2005 Added Sgt Walter Nobbs. He piloted the Wellington of 15 O.T.U. that was shot down on 17 September 1942 on a mission to Essen. He is buried in Bergen.
7 June 2005 Sgt Frederick Seals from Sheffield was an air gunner of F/S Miller's crew (see below). They flew a Wellington with 15 O.T.U. and were lost on 17 September 1942 on a mission to Essen. The crew is buried in Bergen.
Also added 2Lt Clyde Davis from Cold Brook, New York. He was a bombardier on a B17 with 384 BG. He and his crew were lost on 28 July on a mission to Kassel. They crashed near Kortwoude, killing all but two of the crew. Today Lt Davis is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Viginia.
28 May 2005 Added F/S Donald Miller from Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand. He flew as a wireless operator with 15 Operational Training Unit and was lost on 17 September 1942, when his Wellington was shot down on a mission to Essen. F/S Miller and his crew are buried in Bergen War Cemetery.
27 May 2005
Added the self-published book Not So Bloody Quiet On The Western Front by Dennis Hooper. Mr. Hooper was with the 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire regiment. I have rarely read such an gripping and thoroughly personal account about the war. Reading a book will never make you feel like what the war was like, but Mr. Hooper certainly succeeds in making you think about what it is like for a long time. A gifted writer, who manages to take you into the frontlines with him in down to earth language and dialogues that strike me a the most authentic I have read.
Also added links to the following sites:
156 Squadron PFF is a great new website on the history of this Pathfinder Squadron. It is under construction but is home to a great database on members that flew (and died) with this squadron and other PFF squadrons.
A website by Bert Caris about the men whose graves he and his friends and family have adopted at Margraten. Highly Recommended!
26 May 2005 Added F/O Henry Evans from Saltney, Flintshire. He was a tail gunner on a Stirling bomber with 190 Squadron that was lost on 6 November 1944, just of the coast of Enkhuizen. The crew were on a mission to drop supplies to the Dutch resistance. All of the crew, except F/O Evans, were recovered at the time and buried in Enkhuizen. F/O Evans' remains were recovered in 1991 and buried in Bovenkarspel.
24 May 2005
Added Pfc Alfred Corgan. He was one of the eight soldiers of A company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, who were killed on April 12, 1945 during a night attack over the Rhine river near Himmelgeist. Pfc Corgan was from Unadilla, New York and had just been married. Rick Mommers has adopted his grave at Margraten and researches his life. Rick graciously made his research available for this website.
16 May 2005
Updated Sgt. Peter McNulty's page. He was a tail gunner on a Stirling bomber with XV squadron and was lost on 4 may 1943 and is buried in Midwolda.
Also updated Pvt Robert Rutledge's page with an excerpt of the speech President Bush made at Margraten on 8 May 2005, in which he referred to Pvt Rutledge.
15 May 2005 Updated W/O Kettley's page. He was from Mission City, Canada. He was lost on 25 July 1943 on a mission to Essen and is buried in Ten Boer. Mission City is naming new streets after it's veterans. One street was named after W/O Kettley. Researcher Mr. Doug Adair and councilor Mr. Ron Taylor provided the additional information.
11 May 2005
Added Pvt Robert Lee Rutledge from Lumpkin, Georgia. He was with the 7th Armored Division and was killed near Meijel on 29 October 1944 in the heavy fighting that the 7th was involved in in the boggy and peaty area in Northern Limburg. Today he is buried at Margraten. Thanks to his daughter Ginger for the story and photo's.
President Bush referred to Pvt Rutledge and his sacrifice in his speech at the VE Day Memorial Service at Margraten on 8 May.
Also added Steve Cole's THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN to the links page. A great website on the role of the US Forces in the battle for Italy with emphasis on the war after the liberation of Rome on 4 June 1944..
6 May 2005 I am fortunate to receive many e-mails from people visiting this website. I want to thank all who contact me to comment on the site, ask questions, provide information, etc. Your interest is very appreciated. Many people write to provide me with information and photo's of their friends, fathers, brothers and buddies to include here. Without your help this tribute can not grow into what it is becoming. It is an wonderful way to show the faces behind the names on the grave markers and I am thankful to all who share their memories, stories and pictures of the men commemorated on this site. Also thanks to the people who write with requests or again providing information about an individual or incident. Every request equals an interesting journey into the story of another man, crew or unit. Sometimes that search uncovers a wealth of information and gives us an comprehensive and illustrated story, a past to remember. Other times it takes time and luck to uncover that tale behind a name. Until that time the story only reads a few lines with basic facts for information. Name, rank, date of death.
Through the years I have come to be bequeathed with and 'know' many people through this website and e-mail. I count myself fortunate to see many contacts grown into looser and closer ties that, I hope, are mutually pleasant and beneficiary.
I do my best to reply to everyone as soon as circumstances permit. In the last few weeks I have not been able to keep up with all the communications, due to my studies, family, and the ceremonies to commemorate 60 years of Liberation. Although circumstances will keep me away from working on the site much of the coming weeks, I will respond to e-mails as soon as I can. I do urge people to keep writing.
I also hope to update the site several times in the coming weeks. Although I have a lot of information, etc. on many individuals waiting to be added, time is the main constraint here. Nonetheless, I hope to start adding more people to the site as well.
So, keep checking in!
3 May 2005 Updated Sgt Walter Amos his page. The information I had proved incorrect. He and his crew were killed on 11 April 1942 while on a Nickel Operation (dropping leaflets) over Northern France. Sgt Amos is buried in Amsterdam.
21 April 2005 Added Sgt David Cruickshank from Rait, Perthshire. He was an observer with 49 Squadron and was killed when his Hampden was shot down on a mission to Hanover. He is buried in Alkmaar.
20 April 2005 Updated the Lt. Money page with a picture of Lt Money, courtesy of Mr. Will Lundy and Mr. Byron Blake. Also updated Sgt Thomas Utterson's page with information provided by Mr. Dale Utterson.
16 April 2005 Added F/O Noel Fleming from Old Colwyn, Denbighshire. He was an air bomber with 76 squadron and was killed on 27 April 1943 when his bomber was shot down over Amsterdam and crashed into the centre of the city. He and his crew are buried in Amsterdam.
Also added the unit page for 9 Squadron Royal Air Force and 825 Squadron Royal Navy.
15 April 2005
Updated F/S William Eric Mander's page. F/S Mander was from Montreal, Canada and was an bomb aimer with 102 (Ceylon) squadron. He joined the RCAF in 1940 and was trained as an wireless operator. While on operations in England, he took courses to become a bomb aimer. He was lost on 26 July 1942 on a mission to Hamburg.
Mr. Rob Mander provided the pictures and additional information.
12 April 2005
Today it is 60 years ago that a combat patrol of A company, 506 P.I.R., 101st Airborne Division, was involved in a night attack over the Rhine river against Himmelgeist, Germany. After a successful patrol, the unit was attacked by German 88's and small arms fire. While trying to get back to their own side in their boats, near misses caused several boats to capsize, which resulted in the loss of eight men, while four others had been killed earlier by German artillery fire. Two of those killed were Pfc Robert Morneweck, who is buried in Margraten, and Sgt Nick Demkowicz (picture) who I added today. Sgt Demkowicz is buried in Bellaire, Ohio. Thanks to Bryan Demkowicz for the pictures and information.
9 April 2005
updated Sgt Cedric Daniel's page. Cedric was an air gunner with 214 Squadron and was shot down on 13 March 1941 over Groningen, where he and his crew are buried. Only the nose gunner bailed out in time to become a PoW. Cedric's family sent several pictures with him in it, although he cannot be identified. We therefore request anyone who recognizes anyone in these pictures to contact us. I have posted larger format pictures on this page. See also the requests and Inquiries page.
Added Sgt Donald McNab, from Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand. He was a pilot on a Halifax bomber with 76 Squadron and was lost on 27 April 1943 over Amsterdam, where he and his crew are also buried.
7 April 2005 Added Sgt Jack Clegg. He was an air gunner on a Halifax with 76 Squadron and was shot down while on a mission to Duisburg on 27 April 1943. The bomber crashed in the centre of Amsterdam, killing all of the crew. They are buried in Amsterdam.
6 April 2005 Added three members of a Wellington bomber from 11 Operational Training Unit. P/O Ian Grant, P/O James Speedy and P/O Robert Groom were lost on a mission to Essen on 17 September 1942. They are buried in Ouddorp. Two other crew members are buried elsewhere, Sgt William Buckley in Heverlee, Belgium and Sgt Stanley Swain in Rotterdam. They will be added later.
Also updated S/Sgt Bernard Lojko's page with information from the After Action Reports of the 275th Infantry Regiment.
5 April 2005 Added Sgt Eric Trott from Sheffield and Sgt Alan MacDonald from Dalry, Ayrshire. They were air gunners on the Wellington, piloted by Sgt Saich DFM and were lost on 8 September 1941. Also added F/S Walter Lowe, the navigator. The remaining crew members are Wireless operator Sgt William Balls from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and air gunner Sgt Robert Banks from Wilmslow, Cheshire. The crew is buried in Gorredijk.
4 April 2005 Added Sgt Jack Saich DFM from Great Easton, Essex. He was a pilot with 9 Squadron who won his DFM on a mission to Bremen. He was shot down about six weeks later on a mission to Berlin. He and his crew are buried in Gorredijk.
1 April 2005
Added Pfc Ralph Figliuzzo from Virginia. He was with the 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. He was killed on 20 November 1944 during the fighting for Geronsweiler in the Rhineland. Thanks to Bruce Fig for the photo and the information.
30 March 2005 Added the story of the Lt. John D. Money crew, flying with the 506th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group. They were the crew of a B-24 nicknamed SOUTHERN COMFORT II that was shot down on a mission to Bernberg on 11 April 1944. Three of the crew survived. T/Sgt Edward Wernicki is buried at Margraten. The rest is either buried in other cemeteries in Europe or reinterred in the USA. Many thanks to Mr. Byron Blake who has provided the results of his research into the crash and who provided the pictures.
Added F/S Kenneth Gore from Leeds. F/S Gore was an air gunner with
7 Squadron and was killed on 21 October 1943 on a mission to Leipzig. He is buried in Gieten.
29 March 2005
Added Sgt George Smith from London. He was an Air Gunner with 7 Squadron and lost on 23 November 1943 while returning from a mission to Berlin. He is buried on the island of Texel.
Thanks to Robert Woodberry for the information and picture.
28 March 2005
Added P/O John Zealand (picture) from Hamilton, Canada. He was a Navigator with 102 Squadron and was lost on 9 November 1942 on a mission to Hamburg. He and his crew are buried in Den Burg Cemetery on the island of Texel.
Also added P/O Frederick Maxfield from Hayes, Middlesex. He was a Wireless Operator with 150 Squadron and lost on 15 October 1942. He is buried in Ulrum.
Also added F/O John Leach and P/O Roland Bull, both from Canada. They were a Mosquito crew with 410 Squadron and were lost on 10 April 1943. They are buried in IJlst.
25 March 2005 Added the Unit pages for 7 Squadron RAF and H.M.S. Wakeful.
24 March 2005
Added Pvt John Lafferty (picture) from St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. He was killed on 11 December 1944 near Cuijk/Mook when clearing mines. He is buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Thanks to Mr. Carl Hannon for the pictures and information.
Also updated Sgt David Stanners's page. He was with 15 O.T.U. and was lost on a mission to Bremen, on 25 June 1942.
18 March 2005 Added the Unit page for the 101st Airborne Division, 91st Bomb Group and 214 Squadron Royal Air Force. Also finished the descriptions on the self published books by US Army veterans.
17 March 2005 Added a link to Robert Duijkers website Field of Stories. This excellent website is dedicated to the soldiers at Margraten whose graves have been adopted by Robert and his friends and family. This great tribute site is well worth a visit!
Also added a link to a Dutch site by Ronald Stassen, Band-of-Brothers, dedicated to all Allied paratroopers of World War Two. This site aims to honor their Heritage
16 March 2005
Added S/Sgt Bernard Lojko from Kansas. He was a platoon sergeant in G company, 275th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division. He was killed near Baerenthal, France on 5 January 1945, when his platoon was ambushed. He rests in Margraten.
Also added the first Unit page; 2nd Armored Division. On these pages there will be a short history, list of units and the casualties of that unit that are on this site.
15 March 2005
Added 2Lt Stephen Peter Judd, from Cannonsville, New York. He was a co-pilot with the 389th Bomb Group. He was killed on 8 March 1944 when his plane was shot down on its way back from a mission to Berlin. He was the only one of his crew to perish. He is buried in Margraten. Thanks to Mrs. Kelsey McMillan, Mrs. Joyce Riedinger and others for providing information and this picture.
12 March 2005
Added 1Lt Howard M. Worster. He was a pilot on a B17 with the 385th Bomb Group and was shot down over Germany on 12 May 1944. He rests at Margraten Military Cemetery. Thanks to Louise Worster and Mr. Bill Varnedoe for the information and the pictures.
11 March 2005 Added 1Lt Frederick E. Lambert from Delaware County, New York. He was an officer with the 30th Infantry Division and was killed on 22 November 1944 in Germany when he had just returned from being wounded. He is buried in Margraten.
Also updated F/S Butterworth's page. In 1996 his watch was recovered and, after a search for his relatives, returned to his brother. Thanks to Dave Cheetham and Co Maarschalkerweerd for contributing to this story.
I am a collector of self published books by veterans. Over the years I have collected a fair amount and have decided to dedicate some pages to these manuscripts. I hope these pages will give these books the attention and exposure they deserve. When available I will provide contact information where these books can be purchased. I hope this will be of interest to you.
19 February 2005 Added Plt. (Sgt) Z. Twarkowski from Poland. He was an air gunner on a Wellington bomber of 301 (Polish) Squadron and was lost on 23 June 1942. He lies buried in Ulrum.
18 February 2005 Added P/O Howard Norfolk from Northampton. He was a pilot with 76 Squadron and was killed on 20 June 1942, on his way back from a mission to Emden. F/S Ernest Salway was his rear gunner and Sgt William Charlesworth his wireless operator. They are buried in Ulrum.
16 February 2005 Added Lt Peter Winston of 45 Royal Marine Commando. Lt. Winston jumped as a liaison officer with the British 9th Parachute Bn on D-Day, his 20th birthday. He was killed while with his own unit, 'D' troop, 45 RM Cdo, on 28 January 1945 in the fight for "Belle Isle" near Merum. He is buried in Nederweert.
15 February 2005 Updated the W/C Kenneth Knocker crew. He and P/O Daniel Malofie, Sgt Peter Inman, Sgt Tristam Palmer, Sgt Richard Fairhurst, Sgt John Underwood, F/S Ernest Wilson and F/S Robert Ritchie were shot down on 3 July 1943 on a mission to Bremen. Their Stirling crashed at the mudlands north of Westernieland were they are buried today.
13 February 2005
Added F/S John Butterworth from Hobart, Tasmania. He was the wireless operator of the Watson crew that was shot down on 16 December 1943 on a mission to Berlin. F/S Butterworth and W/O Watson are still missing and commemorated at the Runnymede memorial. The other members of the crew are buried in Lemmer.
11 February 2005 Added the crew of F/O Francis Rush, from Tasmania, Australia. His crew flew with 7 Sqn and was lost on 16 December 1943, crashing near Stompetoren. All but one of the crew died. They are F/O William Scott, F/O Clive Luther, Sgt Kenneth Wightman, Sgt Henry Bushell and Sgt William Buntain.
8 February 2005
Added Pfc Joe E. Moss, from Tennessee. He was with Company F, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. Pfc Moss was killed on March 28, 1945 in the battle for the railway near Gladbeck, Germany. He is buried at Margraten. Thanks go to his son, Jim, for this picture.
Also added Pfc Philip Bjornstad from Minnesota. Pfc Bjornstad was with the same regiment as Pfc Moss but was killed two days earlier, on March 26, 1945 when the Regiment fought from their bridgehead on the east side of the river Rhine toward Dinslaken.
7 February 2005
Updated Sgt Thomas Cordes's site. He has a street named after him in Oradell, New Jersey. Pictures courtesy of Mrs. Susan Alexander and Mr. George Carter.
5 February 2005 Added T4 Haskell Sexton from Elko, Nevada. He was a working in the operating room of the 105th Evacuation Hospital and was killed on March 21, 1945 when the hospital was shelled. He is buried in Margraten.
Updated W/C Oliver Godfrey's page. He was commander of "A" flight, 103 Sqn and was lost on 23 June 1942. He is buried at Wierhuizen. Also updated P/O Brian Richards' page. He was a pilot with 7 Sqn and was lost on 30 June 1942 and is buried in Uithuizermeeden.
4 February 2005 Updated the page of S/Sgt Harry A. Clawson with pictures of his grave and memorial in Thatcher, Arizona. Thanks to Mr. Rodney Clawson for providing these pictures.
1 February 2005 Added Sgt Kenneth Preston, observer with 150 Squadron. He was killed on 6 June 1942 and is buried in Kollum.
31 January 2005 Added Sgt Thomas Utterson, Sgt James Reid from Braco, Perthshire and Sgt John O'Donnell from West Salford, Lancashire. They were part of P/O Stanley Twining's Mitchell crew of 226 squadron that was shot down near Deventer on 26 November 1944. Thanks to Mr. James Reid for the additional information on his uncle.
30 January 2005 Added F/O John Swanson from Monifieth, Angus, F/O William Grew from Chelmsford, Essex and Sgt Alistair Campbell from Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. They were part of a Lancaster crew that crashed near Weert on a mission to Neuss, Germany on 23 September 1944.
28 January 2005
Updated Lt. Joseph Campanale's page. He was with the 82nd Engineer Combat Battalion and was killed on thanksgiving day, 23 November 1944 north of Aachen, while clearing mines. Thanks to Mr. Edward Husted and Mr. Buol Hinman of the 82nd Engineer Combat Battalion for their help.
26 January 2005
Updated Sgt James Hurst page. Thanks to his nephew Dave Cheetham for the pictures and additional information. James and his crew were shot down on 16 December 1943 and crashed just north of Lemmer, were five of the crew are buried today. Two are still missing and commemorated at the Runnymede memorial. Dave Cheetham visited the crash site in 1994.
In researching the lives and death of two members of the 14th Armored Division that lie buried in Margraten, I have been greatly helped by the 14th Armored Division Association. I will add Lt Beine and Pvt Green at a later date but have added the link to the association website to the links page.
(click on the banner to go to the site)
25 January 2005 Added 1Lt Maurice Kerr from Morning Sun, Iowa. He was a Liaison pilot, flying a L-4 Grasshopper in Artillery Observer duties with the 83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion. He was killed when his plane was shot down over German lines on March 25, 1945. He is buried in Margraten.
Also Added Sgt Eugene Elliott from Hartford, Connecticut and Sgt Thomas Cordes from Oradell, New Jersey. They were killed on 24 March 1945, when their B24 was shot down near Wesel, Germany. They were dropping supplies to the airborne forces that jumped into Germany that day, in Operation Varsity.
23 January 2005 Added P/O Stanley Twining. He was a pilot of a Mitchell bomber with 226 Squadron. He was shot down on 26 November 1944 on a mission to bomb the railroad bridge at Deventer. He and his crew are buried there.
Also added P/O Charles Schomberg, F/S Wilfred Millar, F/S Donald McDonald, Sgt Harry Steels and F/O Leonard Calderwood of the 463 squadron crew that crashed near Nieuwolda in the night of 22/23 April 1944. P/O Schomberg was killed on his 23rd birthday.
22 January 2005 Added F/S John Quick from Bristol. He was killed on 6 February 1945 when his Mitchell bomber was shot down during an attack on the railroad bridge at Deventer.
Also added F/S Ian Bullivant from London. He was a pilot on a Blenheim of 18 Sqn. He was shot down on an anti-shipping mission on 9 June 1941. He is buried in Anjum.
F/S James Harden, from Langar, Nottinghamshire was a bomb aimer with 463 Sqn RAAF. He was lost on 23 April 1944 and is buried in Nieuwolda.
21 January 2005 Added Flight Lieutenant Hugh Hope of Edmonton, Canada and Flying Officer Leslie Thorpe of Altrincham, Cheshire. They were a Mosquito crew with 418 Sqn RCAF and crashed near Beerta on 22 February 1945 during Operation Clarion. They are buried in Nieuweschans.
Also added F/L Hubert Petts DFC, from Ripley, Derbyshire. He was a navigator with 463 Sqn RAAF and was lost on 23 April 1944 on a mission to Braunschweig. He and his crew are buried in Nieuwolda.
19 January 2005 Added Sgt Sylvester Jones from Manchester and Sgt. John Bimson from Wigan. Sgt Jones was an observer on a Blenheim of 105 Squadron and Sgt Bimson was the wireless operator. They were lost on 1 March 1941 on a mission to Wilhelmshaven and are buried in Groningen.
Also updated F/O Ian Stirton's page with a Dutch newspaper clipping about his daughters visit to his grave.
16 January 2005
Added Captain Robert Woodhull (see picture) from Ohio. He was a forward observer with the 460th Field Artillery Battalion, part of the 517th Regimental Combat Team. He was killed on 7 February 1945 near Bergstein in the Huertgen forest, while directing artillery fire on enemy positions. Thanks to Mr. Howard Hensleigh, 'Ben' and Mr. John Alicki.
Also added Sergeant Peter McNulty, from Scunthorpe, England. He was a tail gunner on a Stirling with 15 Squadron. His plane was shot down on 4 May 1943 on a mission to Dortmunt. Sgt. McNulty is buried in Midwolda.
15 January 2005 Added an unknown Sergeant, RAF, who was buried at Blija Protestant Cemetery on 14 July 1942. Also added the cemetery page for Lemmer General Cemetery and Hallum Protestant Cemetery.
10 January 2005
Updated Sgt Reginald Nevard's page. His brother Douglas provided information and this picture. Sgt Nevard was a flight engineer with 190 Sqn. On 6 November 1944 he and his crew crash into the IJsselmeer off the coast of Venhuizen, during a supply mission to the Dutch resistance. The crew is buried in Enkhuizen.
Also added F/S Raymond Hedges and Sgt James Hurst of the 7 Sqn crew that are buried in Lemmer. They were shot down on a mission to Berlin on 16 December 1943. Two of the crew are still missing.
9 January 2005
Added S/Sgt Harry Allen Clawson, from Thatcher, Arizona. S/Sgt Clawson was with H Company, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. He jumped into the Netherlands on 17 September 1944 in Operation Market Garden. He was MIA on 6 October 1944 during the heavy fighting in an area called 'The Island', between the Waal and Rhine rivers, during fierce German attacks. He was MIA till 1971 when his remains were recovered and eventually returned to Thatcher, Arizona. Thanks to Rodney Clawson for the information and the picture.
Also added the Australians, F/S Charles Robinson, from Petersham, W/O William Waterman, of Cootesloe, and F/S Reginald McWha from Augathella. They were part of a Lancaster crew with 7 Squadron and were lost on 16 December 1943 on a mission to Berlin. They are buried in Lemmer. Thanks to Charles cousin Douglas Robinson for the information.
Updated Pfc Robert Morneweck's page with the recollections of Don Burgett, squad leader, A Company, 506 PIR.
7 January 2005
Added Ordinary seaman Percy Edward Taylor, Royal Navy. He and his brother Joseph were both stationed on the destroyer H.M.S. Wakeful, which was engaged in the evacuation of British and French forces of the beaches of Dunkirk. On 29 May 1940 the H.M.S. Wakeful, loaded with evacuees, was torpedoed and sunk. The Taylor brothers both died. Joseph's body washed ashore on the Groningen coast and is buried in Ulrum. Edward is still missing and commemorated at the Chatham Naval Memorial. Thanks to the Ford family for the picture.
5 January 2005
Added T/Sgt Casimier Kobis, from Worchester, Massachusetts. He was a radio operator on a B17 with the 100th Bomb Group. His plane was shot down over the North Sea on 11 December 1943 after a mission to Emden. His nephew, Frank McDermott, researched the mission and wrote a story about the loss of the plane, which is published here with his permission. Frank also provided the picture of Casimier. T/Sgt Kobis is still missing in action. He is commemorated at the Wall of the Missing in Margraten.
2 January 2005 Added the directions page of Delfzijl General Cemetery and an Unknown Sergeant and Unknown Pilot Officer who are buried there on 28 August 1940.
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