No.5 Pilot Course,
26 O.T.U., photographed on 25 June 1942.Both
Streeter and Looney were killed within months of
this picture being taken. (picture from Wings
over Wing by Michael Warth)
One of these was a 1,000 bomber raid to
Bremen that, to make up the numbers, also
involved aircrews from O.T.U.'s. The crew was involved in an attack on
13 September to Bremen. On this raid, the
supply of oxygen was nearly expended halfway to
the Dutch coast and they were forced to return
early.
On 16 September, Sgt Streeter and his crew were
scheduled to fly a mission against the German
city of Essen. His crew consisted of:
Sgt Lawrence Streeter RNZAF
Sgt William Archer RAF
Sgt Alexander Bartlett RAF
F/S Douglas White RCAF
F/S Howard Johnson RCAF
This would be Sgt Streeter's third operational
mission and this raid also proved
troublesome. The plane failed to climb above
10,000 feet. However, the crew reported
having dropped their bombs on an aerodrome
in the target area.
On the way to their base, the plane crashed into
the North Sea, the exact cause of their demise
is unknown. The bodies of two of the crew washed
ashore and are buried in The Netherlands.
F/S Johnson is buried at Amsterdam New Eastern
Cemetery. The others are commemorated at the
Runnymede Memorial.
Sgt Streeter was found on the beach of Noordwijk
on September 18, 1942. A party consisting of
policeman Leeflang, a soldier of the
Grenzaufsichstelle (a German military customs
unit) and a few workman left the village with a
horse and cart and collected the body. He was
buried the next with military honour. Policeman
Venetiën was also attending the funeral.
Sgt Streeter is
buried in Noordwijk, Plot 1. Joint grave 14.
