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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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Marine Luchtvaartdienst Crest
11.01.1943 1 Operational Training Unit MLD Hudson V AM863 P/O. van de Bogaert

Operation: Training

Date: 11th January 1943

Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit / Marine Luchtvaartdienst - (Dutch Navy)

Type: Hudson V

Serial: AM863

Code: -

Base: RAF Silloth, Cumberland

Location: Solway Firth

Pilot: P/O. Edward Alexander van de Bogaert MLD Age 22. Missing - believed killed

Pilot/Nav: P/O. Frederik Schut 110143 MLD Age 21. Missing - believed killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Cpl. Bernard Corporaal 20462 MLD Age 21. Missing - believed killed

Air/Gnr: LAC. Antonius Franciscus Post 10318/Z MLD Age 26. Missing - believed killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Crashed into the Solway Firth close to Silloth when on final approach at 01:47 hrs.

Rob Philips Archive suggests that the wreckage was discovered .5 miles west of Silloth Pier. No bodies were recovered.

Above: Crew (courtesy Rob Philips)

Above: AM863 whilst with 48 Squadron (courtesy IWM)

Burial details:

None, all crew remembered at the Memorial Garden of the Royal Netherlands Air Force – Soesterberg

P/O. Edward Alexander van de Bogaert. Born on the 15th September 1920 at Soerabaja, Java, Indonesia.

P/O. Frederik Schut. Born on the 14th March 1919 at Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Cpl. Bernard Corporaal. Born on the 15th October 1921 at Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia.

LAC. Antonius Franciscus Post. Born on the 24th October 1916 at Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to the late Rob Philips who was a meticulous researcher into Dutch aviators who were listed as killed or missing during WW 2. We were entrusted to make his work available to be read by others before he passed away in 2010. This has been presented as 'Lost' his archive and can be seen here.More about Rob, the person here.

KTY/RP 14.01.2020

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Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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