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16 March 2010
P/O Thomas Sampson from Canterbury, New Zealand was a pilot with 466 Squadron RAAF. He lost his life on 14 May 1943 when he steered his Wellington towards the North Sea after it had developed engine trouble and the rest of the crew had bailed out. Thomas lost his life in the North Sea and is now buried at Den Haag General Cemetery.
15 March 2010
Gunner Alfred Gibbons from Brixton, London was a batman to an officier with the 181 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was killed in an accident on 2 November 1944 and is buried at Nederweert War Cemetery. Thanks to Don Neal of the Guns and Bugles website (History of 181 Field Regiment and 6th K.S.L.I) and Joe Gibbons.
9 March 2010 Updated F/O Frank Cook's page. He was a Spitfire pilot with 229 squadron. He was killed on 29 August 1944 and is buried in Lemmer. Thanks to Bruce Vinicombe for the additional information.
Added a unit page for 4th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. As far as I know, 48 men of this battalion were killed in Holland and are now buried here or in Belgium.
Also updated the unit page of 410 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force.
1 March 2010
Pfc Arvill Barlow from Texas was with the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He was killed on 15 April 1945 near the Elbe river during heavy fighting. He is buried at Margraten Cemetery. Thanks to Susan Barlow Holmes for his picture.
28 February 2010
Robert McCrorie kindly sent me two pictures and the story of his father, F/L Thomas McCrorie from Broom, Warwickshire. Thomas was a pilot with 75 Squadron and was killed on 23 June 1943, when his Stirling was shot down over the IJsselmeer. He rests at Molkwerum Protestant Churchyard.
27 February 2010 Pvt Herbert Boies, from Winthorp, Iowa was with the 102nd Infantry Division. He was wounded on 1 December in an attack against the town of Welz and died on 13 December 1944 in Heerlen. He is now buried at Margraten American Cemetery.
Added the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment to the 101st Airborne Division unit page.
23 February 2010
W/O Ivan Butler from Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand was a Spitfire pilot with 74 Squadron. He was shot down while strafing a train in Germany on 25 February 1945 and died in an American field hospital the next day. He is buried at Nederweert War Cemetery.
Also added F/O Hugh Corbett of 53 Squadron Royal Air Force. He was killed on 4 August 1940 on a mission to attack shipping in the harbour of Emden, Germany. He is buried in Schoorl General Cemetery.
22 February 2010 Cy Grant passes away at age 90
On 13 February 2010, Cy Grant passed away aged 90. Born in 1919 in Demerara, British Guiana, he went to England and joined 103 Squadron as a navigator in World War 2.
On 25 June 1943 he and his crew were shot down over Holland. Cy managed to jump out of the plane but was later captured. His pilot, Pilot Officer Joe Addison, is buried in Amsterdam.
After the war Cy became an actor, starring beside Roger Moore in "The Persuaders", amongst others. He was the first black man to appear regularly on British TV. His war memoir A Member of the RAF of Indeterminate Race was published in 2006. Go here for Cy's obituary on Telegraph.co.uk and Cy's own website.
On 28 May 1944, 2Lt William Condon's B17 was shot down and crashed near Waldau in Germany. 2Lt Condon was a pilot with the 351st Bomb Group. Seven of the crew of ten died in the crash. 2Lt Condon is buried at Margraten American Military Cemetery.
Also added P/O James Brady from Chelsea, London. He was a pilot flying Mustangs with 268 Squadron. He was killed on a shipping reconnaissance mission off Walcheren. He is buried at Bergen General Cemetery.
L/Cpl Reginald Dominic, from the Skwxwu7mesh tribe of British Columbia, Canada died on 30 July 1945 under unknown circumstances. He is buried at Nederweert War Cemetery.
1 February 2010 Updated P/O Harvey Kieswetter's page with information provided by Mr. Rodney Martin, whose great grandparents adopted Harvey's father. Harvey was an American flying with 15 Squadron RAF. He was killed on 16 December 1942 and is buried at Epe.
31 January 2010
F/S Edward Parker from Rodley (Leeds), Yorkshire, was an air gunner with 429 (RCAF) squadron. See below. Thanks to the Stichting Heemkunde Geesteren for providing his picture and additional information on the crash and the aftermath.
Also added Sgt Barrie Ranson from Hove in Sussex. He was the flight engineer of the crew.
30 January 2010
Sgt Richard Walsh from Canada was an air gunner on the 429 (RCAF) squadron Halifax that crashed on 29 December 1943. see entries of 25 and 29 January. Five of the crew are buried at Albergen Roman Catholic Cemetery.
29 January 2010
F/S Arthur Innes from Simcoe, Ontario, Canada was the tail gunner of Charles Peasland's Halifax that was shot down on 29 December 1943. He lies buried at Albergen Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Also added T5 Harold Ellenburg from Tennessee. He was with the 1056th Engineer Construction and Repair Group. He died of a non battle related incident on 1 February 1945. He rests at Margraten.
25 January 2010
F/O Charles Peasland was an observer with 429 (RCAF) squadron. He and his crew were shot down on 29 December 1943 on a mission to Berlin. Only two survived the attack by a German night fighter on the return leg of the mission. Five of the crew are buried at Albergen Roman Catholic Cemetery. Many thanks for Pam and Bruce Ramsey for providing the grave pictures of the crew.
24 January 2010 My daughter was born on 25 October and I haven't been able to spent much, if any, time working on the site. I have received many emails however, and hope to start adding regularly again. Thanks to everyone for sticking with me!
Pvt Louis Holt was from New Boston, Texas. He was with H Company, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Louis was killed on 20 September 1944 during the Waal river crossing, and is buried at Old Salem Cemetery, New Boston, Texas. Many thanks to tdemars for providing a picture of his grave.
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