Crash site: Buckingham Road, Gawcott, 2 miles SW of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, GB
Crash cause: flying accident during training flight
Name |
1. Boots, Henri Jean
Botley 050620 Boots HJ. Boots HJ 1941.jpg |
||||||
Rank |
Res Sgt Vl, Sgt., Pilot |
Stb.Nr. 21068 |
|||||
Decorations |
None known |
||||||
Born |
20/5/1918 |
Place |
Maastricht, NL |
||||
Squadron |
RAF No. 13 OTU |
Ops/hr |
20/82 |
||||
Aircraft |
Mitchell Mk. II Nr. FL194 |
||||||
Base |
RAF Bicester, Oxford, GB |
||||||
Mission |
Training flight |
||||||
Status |
KIFA, cause unknown, engine failure presumed |
age |
25 |
||||
Killed |
15/2/1944 |
Place |
Buckingham Road, Gawcott, 2m SW of Buckingham, GB |
||||
Buried |
Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire, GB, grave 1/2/167 |
||||||
Known to |
OGS |
yes |
CWGC |
no |
|||
Other crew |
2. Korp Vltg Telegr z/m J.G. Egter van Wissekerke, Wop/Ag - KIFA 3. Off Zwnr 3kl H.J.P. Jansen, Copilot/Obs - KIFA 4. P/O. David Hudson, KIFA, RAF Nr. 126960, buried Eston Cemetery, GB, grave M/831 |
||||||
Remarks |
|||||||
Memorial |
1. His name is on the Memorial near the St. Servaaskerk, Maastricht, Limburg, NL
2. Mill Hill Memorial Table, London, GB |
||||||
GB arrival |
31/5/1940 with Dutch vessel 'Batavier II' from Cherbourg, France, after an escape from Holland on 16/5/1940. Detached KL to KM. Send from England to NEI 1/9/1940 for military flying training |
||||||
Data Confusion |
OGS: Died Bicester, Oxford which is 10 miles SW of Gawcott; grave 167 |
Name | 2. Egter van Wissekerke, Jan George
Botley 050620 Egter van Wissekerke | ||||||
Rank | Korp Vltg Telegr z/m, Cpl., Wop/Ag | Stb.Nr. 14123/D | |||||
Decorations | None known | ||||||
Born | 4/6/1923 | Place | Sitoebondo, Java, NEI | ||||
Squadron | RAF No. 13 OTU | Ops/hr | |||||
Aircraft | Mitchell Mk. II Nr. FL194 | ||||||
Base | RAF Bicester | ||||||
Mission | Training flight | ||||||
Status | KIFA, cause unknown, engine failure presumed | age | 20 | ||||
Killed | 15/2/1944 | Place | Buckingham Road, Gawcott, 2m SW of Buckingham, GB | ||||
Buried | Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire, GB, grave 1/2/166 | ||||||
Known to | OGS | yes | CWGC | no | |||
Other crew | 1. Res Sgt Vl H.J. Boots, Pilot - KIFA 3. Off Zwnr 3kl H.J.P. Jansen, Copilot/Obs - KIFA 4. P/O. David Hudson, KIFA, RAF Nr. 126960, buried Eston Cemetery, GB, grave M/831 | ||||||
Remarks | |||||||
Memorial | Mill Hill Memorial Table, London, GB | ||||||
GB arrival | |||||||
Data Confusion | OGS: died Bicester, Oxfordshire, which is 10 miles SW of Gawcott; grave 166 |
Name | 3. Jansen, Henri Joseph Pierre
Botley 050620 Jansen HJP
| ||||||
Rank | Off Zwnr 3kl, P/O., Copilot/Obs | ||||||
Decorations | None known | ||||||
Born | 20/6/1915 | Place | Groesbeek, NL | ||||
Squadron | RAF No. 13 OTU | Ops/hr | |||||
Aircraft | Mitchell Mk. II Nr. FL194 | ||||||
Base | RAF Bicester | ||||||
Mission | Training flight | ||||||
Status | KIFA, cause unknown, engine failure presumed | age | 28 | ||||
Killed | 15/2/1944 | Place | Buckingham Road, Gawcott, 2m SW of Buckingham, GB | ||||
Buried | Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire, GB, grave 1/2/168 | ||||||
Known to | OGS | yes | CWGC | no | |||
Other crew | 1. Res Sgt Vl H.J. Boots, Pilot - KIFA 2. Korp Vltg Telegr z/m J.G. Egter van Wissekerke, Wop/Ag - KIFA 4. P/O. David Hudson, KIFA, RAF Nr. 126960, buried Eston Cemetery, GB, grave M/831 | ||||||
Remarks | Trained in Canada and at JAAB, USA, and was send to GB | ||||||
Memorial | 1. Vijfluik Loenen, Gelderland, NL 2. Mill Hill Memorial Table, London, GB | ||||||
GB arrival | Engelandvaarder. Departure February 1941 from Holland with G.P.C. de Neve and four others. Landroute via France, Spain and Gibraltar. Sailed with Hr. Ms. O23 to England, where he arrived shortly before 17/9/1941. Source: NA 2.09.06-4110 | ||||||
Data Confusion | OGS & DIB: died Bicester, Oxfordshire, which is 10 miles SW of Gawcott; grave 168 Source: CAD-MvD 5.050.5220/86 |
2. Crash site data
Map 56. Buckingham Road, Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, crash area of Mitchell FL194
North side of Buckingham Road, Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, crash area of Mitchell FL194 on 15/2/1944. Gawcott 070126
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. - Laurence Binyon
All site material (except as noted elsewhere) is owned or managed by Aircrew Remembered and should not be used without prior permission.