Date: 1941 Oct 10/11 A/C Type: Hampden I SN: AD911 Code: OL-M A/C Nickname:
 File: 477 Airforce: RAF Sqn/Unit:  83 Sqn Mission/Raid: Essen
1 Pilot Sgt, D. Hedley                            POW 9    
2 Obs Sgt. William A. Brooks             buried Texel Island 10    
3 WO/AG Sgt. G. Mitchell                          POW 11    
4 WO/AG Sgt. E. Gough                             POW 12    
5     13    
6     14    
7     15    
8     16                    

Came down in the Wadden Sea. Not far from Harlingen.   

 

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Possibly Sgt. Brooks was in the aircraft at the time of the crash and entangled in the wreckage. After 6,5 months his remains were fished up and brought to Oudenschild-harbour on Texel Island, or he washed ashore there. Buried 29 April 1942 as English airman W. Brooks.



 Sources: 

- original burial files Texel island. Thanks to Mr. van Dijk, Texel museum.
- website CWGC
- see also our website article on the Texel war graves:  http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/971.html



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