Crash site: 3 miles West of Dunino, Fifeshire, Scotland, GB
Crash cause: low flying; aircraft hit the ground
Name |
1. Herkel, Anton Marie ten |
Dutch RAF aviator datasheet |
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A.M. ten Herkel Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50 |
Leuchars 080205 Herkel AM ten |
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Rank |
Res Sgt Vl, Pilot U/T. |
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Decorations |
None known |
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Born |
21/11/1918 |
Place |
Hilversum, Noord-Holland, NL |
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Squadron |
RAF 320 (Dutch) Sqn Coastal Command |
Ops/hr |
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Aircraft |
Hudson Mk. I Nr. N7396 NO-V |
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Base |
RAF Leuchars, Fifeshire, GB |
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Mission |
Training |
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Status |
KIFA, crash due to low flying |
age |
22 |
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Missing |
10/8/1941 |
Place |
3 miles W of Dunino, Fifeshire, GB |
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Buried |
Leuchars Cemetery, Fifeshire, GB, grave 2/R/33/M (CWGC, OGS) |
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Known to |
OGS |
yes |
CWGC |
no |
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Other crew |
2. Res Sgt Vl W. Hijkoop, Pilot U/T - KIFA |
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Memorial |
Soesterberg |
yes |
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Memorial |
Other |
yes |
Mill Hill Memorial Table, London, GB Mill Hill Ten Herkel |
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GB arrival |
31/5/1940 with Dutch vessel 'Batavier II' from Cherbourg, France, after an escape from Holland on 16/5/1940 |
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Remarks |
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Data confusion |
OGS: place of death Brighton-Cameron Leuchars CWGC, OGS grave position indication is problematic. See Chapter on Leuchars Cemetery |
Name | 2. Hijkoop, Willem | Dutch RAF aviator datasheet | |||||
W. Hijkoop Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50 | Leuchars 080205 Hijkoop W | ||||||
Rank | Res Sgt Vl, Pilot U/T. | ||||||
Decorations | None known | ||||||
Born | 16/1/1911 | Place | Waarder, Zuid-Holland, NL | ||||
Squadron | RAF 320 (Dutch) Sqn Coastal Command | Ops/hr | |||||
Aircraft | Hudson Mk. I Nr. N7396 NO-V | ||||||
Base | RAF Leuchars, Fifeshire, GB | ||||||
Mission | Training | ||||||
Status | KIFA, crash due to low flying | age | 30 | ||||
Missing | 10/8/1941 | Place | 3 miles W of Dunino, Fifeshire, GB | ||||
Buried | Leuchars Cemetery, Fifeshire, GB, grave 2/R/33/E (CWGC, OGS) | ||||||
Known to | OGS | yes | CWGC | no | |||
Other crew | 1. Res Sgt Vl A.M. ten Herkel, Pilot U/T - KIFA | ||||||
Memorial | Soesterberg | yes | |||||
Memorial | Other | yes | Mill Hill Memorial Table, London, GB Mill Hill Hijkoop | ||||
GB arrival | 31/5/1940 with Dutch vessel 'Batavier II' from Cherbourg, France, after an escape from Holland on 16/5/1940 | ||||||
Remarks | |||||||
Data confusion | OGS: place of death Brighton-Cameron Leuchars CWGC, OGS grave position indication is problematic. See Chapter on Leuchars Cemetery |
No information as yet about other crew members, if any.
Leuchars is still an active RAF base.
LOST- Rob Philips Memorial Archive: All Casualties Database.
Burial of A.M. ten Herkel and W. Hijkoop at Leuchars Cemetery, Fifeshire, GB Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50
Leuchars Cemetery in 2008. Left to right W. Hijkoop, A.M. ten Herkel and C.A.E. van Otterloo. Leuchars 080205-4
OGS mentions as crash site 'Brighton-Cameron-Leuchars'. This puzzling statement could mean 'between Brighton and Cameron', which is about 3 miles West of Dunino. That leads to the following map:
Crash site of A.M. ten Herkel and W. Hijkoop, 10/8/1941, 3 miles West of Dunino, Fifeshire
Area between Brighton and Cameron, looking East from the red road in the map above, towards the center of the marked area. Dunino crash Herkel & Hijkoop 080205-3
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. - Laurence Binyon
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