Raid: Essen – 9 March 1942
W5442 took off at 20:39hrs from RAF Binbrook. Shot down by flak and crashed at 23:42hrs alongside a road known as the Kagerweg, near Beverwijk Noord Holland, 21 km NW of the centre of Amsterdam.
9 maart 1942 23:42 uur Wellington mkII W5442 PH-B 12Sqn Kagerweg Beverwijk.
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Henry Marshall Murdo, Sergeant, Front Gunner: 1060255, geboren in 1921
Patrick Gibbings Sanders, Sergeant, 2nd pilot, 1380919
Reuben Acton Scragg, Sergeant, Navigator: RNZAF nz/401413, geboren Napier Nieuw-Zeeland 24-03-1917
Other Crewmembers:
Pilot: P/O R.H. Buchanan 45419 - Inj (P/O Buchanan was confined in Hospital due injuries then returned to UK)
Rear Gunner: Sgt R.A. (Ron) Arnold 612589 (Initialling reported as missing in action, on 26 March a call was received from Berlin advising that he was a PoW interned in Camps 8B/344/L4. No.24843)
Wireless Operator: Sgt C.J.Chedd 923890, (PoW No.24831)
Zie voor meer informatie: https://aviation-safety.net
Zie ook: www.findagrave.com
Zie ook: Commenweath War Graves Commission CWGC.org
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Genealogische gegevens.
Son of Harold and Mary Scragg, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand and husband of Esther Dorothy Scragg, of Napier.