Wellington BJ877

150 Squadron RAF

JN-Z

16-17 September 1942

Operation Essen

Hit by Flak and crashed * (under ivestigation)

All crew survived

 Airborne 2035 16Sep42 from Snaith. Hit by Flak at 16,000 feet which knocked out the port engine. Shortly afterwards the starboard engine began to malfunction and the aircraft was abandoned SSE of Diest (Brabant), Belgium. Sgt W.S.O.Randle Evd Sgt W.Brazill Evd Sgt N.M.Graham RCAF PoW F/S W.W.Dreschsler RCAF Evd Sgt R.Frost Evd Sgt D.C.Mounts Evd Sgt N.M.Graham was interned in Camps 8B/344, PoW No.27166. ”

Special thanks to Sgt Robert “Bob ” Frost survivor of “Z for Zebra”

Regards

Benny Ceulaers

Spitfire MJ558

313 Squadron RAF

RY-B

19 April 1944

Operation bomber support Mechelen

Shot down by Hptm Wolfgang Neu JG26 (+22/04/1944) and crashed at Herentals

W/O Arnost Mrtvy KIA

Eyewitness told me that they have seen Mrtvy’s parachute being shot to pieces by German Flak unit

Regards

Benny Ceulaers

Spitfire PT876

504 Squadron RAF

TM- ?

31 December 1944

F/Lt Fowler KIA

Story in copyright by Peter Celis,update will follow

Regards

Benny Ceulaers

Spitfire MJ534

331 Squadron RAF

Lt Fearnley RNoAF  KIA

25 February 1944

Crashed at Herselt

Story in copyright by Peter Celis,udate will follow

Regards

Benny Ceulaers

Lancaster ND964

626 Squadron RAF

22 May 1944

Hit by Nightfighter (Schnaufer) and crashed in Blauberg( de Schrieken)

F/O Brant KIA

F/O Peck KIA

Sgt Kemp KIA

Sgt McEwan KIA

Sgt Read KIA

Sgt Short KIA

Story in copyright by Peter Celis,update will follow

Regards

Benny Ceulaers

Halifax MZ529

431 Squadron RAF

27-28 aPRIL 1944

Operation Montzen

P/O Woodrow  KIA

Sgt Aiano KIA

Sgt Gabel KIA

Sgt Hazael KIA

P/O Harrison EVD

P/O Lyng POW

F/O Knowlton EVD

Story in copyright by Peter Celis,update will come.

Regards Benny

B-24

466th BG

42-50364

1 crewmember KIA S/sgt Thomas Morrow

Story in copyright,update will follow

special thanks to Peter Celis

Halifax LL584

578 Squadron RAF

11 September 1944

Hit by Flak and crashed at Gierle

Airborne 1549 11Sep44 from Burn. Engaged by small arms fire, losing the use of the port engines. Abandoned at 4,000 feet 15 km ENE of Antwerpen, Belgium. W/O Wood was captured while attempting to evade but before his captors could transfer him to Germany, they themselves were made prisoner by the rapidly advancing Allied Army. On his return, W/O Wood was posted to Riccall. W/O D.L.Wood Evd Sgt E.O.Williams Evd F/S S.T.Sloane RAAF Evd Sgt R.G.Dickerson Evd F/S G.J.Woodgate Evd Sgt J.W.Archer PoW Sgt D.Cooper Evd Sgt J.W.Archer was interned in Camp L7. PoW No.881. ”

Special thanks to Luc Cox

Regards

Benny Ceulaers

Type unknown

Crashed at Booischot in February 1942

2 crew KIA

1 survived

Dornier 217

04 January 1944

Crashed at Beerse “under investigation”