The story
At the date of 02-10-1942, time: 2132, the aircraft type Stirling has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Sevenum (Bedelaarspad). The unit of crew and plane is: 149 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Squadron Leader, name: W.R. Greenslade. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Photo: Flight Sergeant Air Observer Robert McIntyre
Bemanning Short Stirling R9167 (Code OJ-N) 149 Squadron A.F.C. R.A.F., welke op 02 October 1942 crashte aan het Bedelaarspad te Kronenberg (Gemeente Sevenum)
Squadron Leader Pilot: William Roy Greenslade, (Youngstown Alberta, Canada) (leeftijd 29 jaar) Jonkerbos War Cemetary 20.D.3
Flight Sergeant Air Gunner: William Orange, (leeftijd onbekend) Jonkerbos War Cemetary 20.D.8
Sergeant Flight Engineer: Marchal Kenneth Smith (Cambridge) (leeftijd 21 jaar) Jonkerbos War Cemetary 20.D.6
Sergeant Wireless Op./Air Gunner: Frederick Leonard Hughes (Shoreditch, London) (leeftijd 21 jaar) Jonkerbos War Cemetary 20.D.7
Sergeant Wireless Op./Air Gunner: Ernest Leslie Moore (Leicester) (leeftijd 20 jaar) Jonkerbos War Cemetary 20.D.4
Sergeant Air Gunner: Benjamin Frederick Goldsmith (Prestwick Lancashire) (leeftijd 22 jaar) Jonkerbos War Cemetary 20.D.5
Flight Sergeant Air Observer Robert Francis McIntyre: R.C.A.F. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) (leeftijd onbekend) Jonkersbos War Cemetery 20.D.9
Jonkerbos War Cemetary,
Burgemeester Daleslaan 35
6532 Nijmegen
Netherlands
Bron: CWGC
Opm.: Heemkundevereniging Sevenum maakt melding van zeven inzittenden.
Ik ben in de systemen van CWGC niet verder gekomen dan zes namen.
Sevenum, 17 Januari 2017
Piet Snellen
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