On 15 June 1943, Flight Sergeant Clement
Buckeridge and his crew boarded
Lancaster DV160 for a mission against
Oberhausen. This would be their third
operation.
F/S Buckeridge's crew consisted of:
Sgt Roger Ernest Crook
Sgt J.R. Morrison RAAF
Sgt Stanley Joseph Marriage RAAF
Sgt Clement Ralph Buckeridge RAAF
Sgt Charles Edward Grimshaw
Sgt Gordon William George Fletcher
Sgt Donald Ross Grant RAAF
They took off from their base at
Binbrook at 22.57 on 14 June 1943.
They were shot down by a night-fighter
crashing at 02.21 at Schellingwoude
(Noord Holland) in the North East
suburbs of Amsterdam.
After the war, Sgt Morrison stated that
he was near F/S Buckeridge when the
plane was attacked. F/S Buckeridge said
he could not open the escape hatch after
the plane was hit. Shortly after that,
the plane exploded mid air and Sgt
Morrison was thrown clear of the plane
and opened his parachute. Only Sgt.
Morrison survived to be taken PoW. Sgt
Morrison was interned in Camps 9C/L6/L4
as PoW No.42783.
The rest of the crew are buried at
Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery.
Flight Sergeant Buckeridge is buried at the Nieuwe
Oosterbegraafplaats in Amsterdam Plot
69. Row B. Coll. grave 11.
