| Date: 1940 Jul 02/02 | A/C Type: Blenheim IV | SN: P6895 | Code: UX-H | A/C Nickname: |  |
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| File: 380 | Airforce: RAF | Sqn/Unit: 82 Sqn | Mission/Raid: Dortmund-Ems Canal | |||||||
| 1 | Pilot | Sqn Ldr Hurll Fontayne Chester | 9 | |||||||
| 2 | WO/AG | Sgt. Robert J. McAllister | 10 | |||||||
| 3 | Observer | Sgt. Herbert Histon | 11 | |||||||
| 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | |||||||||
| 6 | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 | 15 | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | |||||||||
Daylight raid. Shot down by two Me-109's. Belly landing in meadow. A source mentiones one Me-109 shot the men when they stepped out the aircraft on the ground. Another source says that the fuel tank exploded. All 3 KIA. Buried Veenhuizen. |
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See our site page file on Cemetery Veenhuizen (with photos). Veenhuizen is north-east of Heerhugowaard.
Probably one of the most remote and least visited airwar grave sites in the Netherlands.
File on Cemetery Veenhuizen: http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/973.html
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