Crash site: Hawkinge, Kent, GB
Crash cause: collision with wingman whilst climbing through clouds after take-off from RAF Hawkinge
Name |
Wolters, Lambertus Douwes (Bert)
L.D. Wolters Source: Lutgert/Sorgedrager, 1993 Hawkinge 050618 Wolters |
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Rank |
Res 1Lt Vl, F/O. |
RAF VR 141896 |
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Decorations |
Kruis van Verdienste, Oorlogsherinneringskruis |
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Born |
17/6/1919 |
Place |
Colijnsplaat, NL |
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Squadron |
RAF 322 (Dutch) Squadron Fighter Command |
Ops/hr |
107/72 |
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Aircraft |
Spitfire Mk. IX Nr. MK208 3W-N |
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Base |
RAF Deanland, Sussex, GB |
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Mission |
Armed recce over Holland; take-off 16.40h |
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Status |
KIA, collision with 1Lt Vl C.R.R. Manders in Spitfire MK460 or MJ460 whilst climbing through clouds after take-off. Manders parachuted out and survived. |
age |
25 |
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Killed |
16/9/1944 |
Place |
near Hawkinge, Kent, GB |
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Buried |
Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent, GB, grave O/84 |
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Known to |
OGS |
yes |
CWGC |
yes |
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Remarks |
Student of Technische Hogeschool Delft Trained in De Winton, Canada Credited with 3 V-1's shot down |
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Memorial |
1. Vijfluik Loenen, Gelderland, NL 2. Mill Hill Memorial Table, London, GB 3. Memorial plate, main building Technische Universiteit Delft, NL 4. Hawkinge Memorial, Aerodrome Road, Kent, GB |
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GB arrival |
Engelandvaarder. Departed January 1941. Travelled a land route via Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal. Arrived in the UK on 21/8/1941. Source: NA 2.09.06-4068 |
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Data Confusion |
1. CWGC: flew with 184 Sqn 2. Manders' Spitfire MJ460 according to Air Britain Source: Henk Welting |
Map 98. Hawkinge, Kent, area where L.D. Wolters crashed on 16/9/1944. The site has not been pinpointed. The former airfield was located at the Northwest end of what is now called the Aerodrome Road.
Remains of RAF Hawkinge. Hawkinge 070130-1
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