1941-06-24-Loss of Theo Buijs

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1941-06-24 The loss of Theo Buijs

Crash site: Channel near Gravelines, Nord, F.

Crash cause: shot down by enemy fighter

Name	Buijs, Theodorus Franciscus André (Buys)						Dutch RAF aviator datasheet

T.F.A. Buijs Source: SLH				Gravelines, Holland

Rank	1Lt Vl Wnr
Decorations	Vliegerkruis, KB 2 of 03/10/1941
Born	7/12/1913	Place	's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, NL
Squadron	RAF 611 'West Lancashire' Sqn Fighter Command					Ops/hr	66/79
Aircraft	Spitfire Mk. Va Nr. R7349 FY-?
Base	RAF Hornchurch, Essex, GB
Mission	Circus 21, escort bombers to Dunkerque
Status	MIA, shot down by enemy fighter					age	27
Missing	24/6/1941	Place	Channel near Gravelines, Nord, F.
Known to	OGS	yes	CWGC	no
Memorial	Soesterberg	yes
Memorial	Other	yes	Orry-la-Ville Memorial table Tablet, Gravelines
	Orry-la-Ville Buijs
GB arrival	Came from ML-KNIL, Andir, NEI. Was send to England to join the RAF
Remarks	Posthumously he was given the first Flying Cross, Nov. 1941. Flew with 92 & 611 Sqns. He was credited with one E/A shot down.
Data confusion	Name spelled Buys in some records

LOST- Rob Philips Memorial Archive: All Casualties Database.

Area where T.F.A. Buijs went missing on 24/6/1941.

Gravelines harbour

Channel/North Sea with the harbour of Gravelines on the horizon. Gravelines 051018-6

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