Murdered years 21 towards the 21st from July 1944 Son out-of Louisa Ann Barson, out-of Ilford, Essex
John Edward Gilbertson, RNZAF NZ41894 – Airplane pilot. Martin John Byrne, RNZAF NZ404529 – Observer. Ronald Patrick Callaghan, RNZAF NZ411739 – Cordless Operator. Alan Walter Rutherford, RNZAF NZ404572 – Side Gunner. William Arthur Titcomb, RAFVR 1291758 – Buttocks Gunner.
Wellington Mk.III Bj.661 AA-X was test off by the an effective German Ju 88 nights-fighter within days on Ijsselmeer, close Amsterdam, during the way house pursuing the Hamburg raid. The new Ju 88 staff of several is actually Lieutenant Wilfgang Kuthe and you will his gunner, Unteroffizier Helmut Bonk.
Simply Callahan brand new W/op, and you will Rutherford the nostrils gunner, survived new freeze and you can floated 100 % free, backed by its lifetime vests. These were later on rescued and you may taken to a great POW go camping.
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The brand new authorities of your own master and navigator was in fact retrieved on the ruin and you may buried for the Amsterdam. The trunk gunner's human anatomy floated totally free and is actually retrieved later on some distance in the freeze site and you will tucked during the Harderwijk.
It’s consider likely that BF.396 has been put off because of the Oblt. Werner Huseman out-of Stab NJG1 from the , for the flights coming down on the North-sea approximately 5km West of Bergen aan Zee, however it offers maybe not already been substantiated. (Resource Aircrew Appreciated
Cyril Philip Bailie, RAFVR 1578834/ 155786 – Pilot. F/S Jack Thomson, RNZAF NZ421145 – 2nd Pilot. F/O William Turner, RNZAF NZ416579 – Navigator. (more…)