The story
At the date of 01-04-1945, time: 1400, the aircraft type Spitfire has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Diepenveen (Olsterweg, Huize Wijnbergen). The unit of crew and plane is: 341 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Sergeant, name: G. Wolloshin. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
TB343 with Sgt. Wolloshin was on Armed recce Zutphen-Zwolle-Hengelo area
Hit by railway-mounted AA-fire and made forced landing - 14:00 - at estate "Wijnbergen"
Olsterweg - Diepenveen (province Overijssel), but hit a tree and was killed
Buried as 'unknown' at Duur ( nowadays Den Nul ) 2 km north of Olst
A dog tag could not be found - name via laundry marks in underwear -
Duur is a hamlet administered by Olst and lies 2 kms to the north of Olst
- info 17 Mar 2005 - Henk Welting -
1569246 - Sergeant - Pilot - Gabriel Wolloshin - RAFVR - Age 21 - KIA
- of Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK - Grave 18 - Olst (Duur) General Cemetery
Gabriel Wolloshin
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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