File 376. 1940-08-08/08 Blenheim IV L9472 Sgt. Saville North Sea

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Date: 1940 Aug 08/08 A/C Type: Blenheim IV SN: L9472 Code: WV-T A/C Nickname:
 File: 376 Airforce: RAF Sqn/Unit:  18 Sqn Mission/Raid: attack on airfield Haamstede in Zeeland
1 Pilot Sgt. Jack H. Saville              MIA 9    
2 Obs Sgt. Frederick F. Parvin     washed ashore Zandvoort 10    
3 WO/AG Sgt. Victor R. Land             MIA 11    
4     12    
5     13    
6     14    
7     15    
8     16                    

Shot down in North Sea off Renesse, south-west of The Hague. 

 


Sgt. Parvin washed ashore at Zandvoort. Initially buried there. Reburied after the war in centralisation War Cemetery Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian, plot 1-H-1.

 
 
Sources: 

- website CWGC
- site Wings of Victory




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