Date of
crash : 8/9.11.41
Time of
crash : 21.07
Aircraft : Hampden Mk I
Codes : P1206 EA-K
Squadron : 49 Sqn
Base :
Scampton
Crashed
near/in : Berkhout near
Crash due
to : Nightfighter
Killed : SAUNDERS, Wt. Offr. (Pilot)
Christopher Arthur, 562617, D.F.M. R.A.F.
Age 28. Son of
Henry Robert and Gertrude Saunders; husband of
Evelyn Saunders of
Morden,
D’ARCY, Sgt.
(Pilot) James Marcus, 1288762, R.A.F.
V.R. Age 26. Son
of M. H. and Maude D’arcy
of Halkyn, Flintshire. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 28.
Missing :
MULLENGER, Stanley Gordon, Sgt, R.A.F. VR, 1251152.
Panel 49.
KEHOE, John Edward,
Sgt, R.A.F. Age 20, 551389.
Panel 46.
Remarks :
Source: BCL, T/o 17.14 Scampton
on an intruder sortie in the
Shot down by a
nightfighter (Fw. Ney II./NJG 2
Leeuwarden) and crashed
21.07 into the
IJselmeer.
Source: Lageberichte Niederlande; 1 H.P. Hampden bei Berkhout, ca. 20
km ostwarts
wahrscheinlich tot.
Eigen bron: Toestel crashte op het land van D. Schilder, sectie F235.
Cemetery : Bergen General Cemetery.
Details collected archive Jan Uithol