Crash site: Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, F
Crash cause: shot down by enemy fighter
Name |
Roeper Bosch, Johan Willem Yoshitaro (Dicky) |
Dutch RAF aviator datasheet |
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Den Haag Eik 050416 Roeper Bosch |
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Rank |
Res 2Lt Vl |
RAF VR 89295 |
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Decorations |
None known |
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Born |
31/1/1915 |
Place |
's-Gravenhage, NL |
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Squadron |
RAF 611 'West Lancashire' Sqn Fighter Command |
Ops/hr |
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Aircraft |
Spitfire Mk. Vb Nr. W3227 FY-? |
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Base |
RAF Hornchurch, Essex, GB |
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Mission |
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Status |
KIA, shot down by enemy fighter |
age |
26 |
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Killed |
21/10/1941 |
Place |
Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, F |
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Buried |
Initially buried at Berck-sur-Mer. Reburied Begraafplaats Oud Eik en Duinen, Den Haag, NL, grave 1863A |
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Known to |
OGS |
yes |
CWGC |
yes |
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Other crew |
N.a. |
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Memorial |
Soesterberg |
yes |
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Memorial |
Other |
not known |
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GB arrival |
Arrived either with the flying or with the sailing group in England at the end May 1940 |
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Remarks |
One of the first two Dutch aviator-officers to receive a commission in the RAF, December 1940 |
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Data confusion |
Map 12. Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, The crash site has not been pinpointed.
Berck-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, France. The Base D'AĆ©ronautique Navale de Berck, now derelict and used for sporting aviation only, was attacked by the Germans on 10 May 1940, leading to the loss of life of four French aviators. J.W.Y. Roeper-Bosch crashed in the Berck-sur-Mer area; the site has not been pinpointed. Berck 051019-4
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. - Laurence Binyon
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