Date: 1941 Nov 07/08			A/C Type: Wellington IC		SN: R1606		Code: JN-G		A/C Nickname:
File: 134		Airforce: RAF		Sqn/Unit:  150 Sqn			Mission/Raid: Mannheim
1	Pilot	Sgt. Lloyd J. Atkins                        MIA					9
2	CP/Obs	Sgt. Victor G. Knighton                MIA					10
3	Fl Eng/AG	Sgt. Ronald A. Bramley                MIA					11
4	WO/AG	Sgt. Signey G. Farman                  MIA					12
5	WO/AG	Sgt. Hywell Evans                  buried Amsterdam					13
6	Rear gunner	Sgt. William F. Parsons        buried Amsterdam					14
7							15
8							16
Crashed east of Medemblik in Lake IJsselmeer (Old Zuyder Sea). 4 MIA. Cause Nightfighter (Lippe-Weissenfeld).

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We believe that Sgt. Evans and Sgt. Parsons washed ashore at Urk (NOP-dike). After September 1941, the Germans did not allow further burial on Urk. The airmen found had to be buried in Amsterdam. The bodies received a coffin in Urk in the morgue at the Church by the Sea and were sailed over.

Sgt. Evans was buried after a week on sea on 17 November 1941. Sgt. Parsons was recovered after 2,5 months and buried 31 January 1942.

It is possible the 4 MIA are still in the aircraft. Never found/not recovered.



Sources: 

- 2012 research of the original Amsterdam cemetery files and reconstruction of the war graves burial plan 1940-1945.
- Documents Stichting Urk in Oorlogstijd
- website CWGC




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