Operation: Training
Date: 13th February 1944 (Sunday)
Unit: No. 129 Squadron (Mysore) (motto: 'I will defend the right')
Type: Spitfire Vc
Serial: BM317
Code: DV-?
Base: RAF Peterhea, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Location: Mormond Hill, Strichen, Aberdeenshire
Pilot: 1st. Lt. Henry Francis Buiskool 145137 RAAFVR Age 23. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
During a training exercise and in poor visibility hit Mormond Hill near Strichen. The pilot from the Netherlands was killed instantly.
Burial details:
Originally buried in Peterhead Old Churchyard, Scotland. Grave 543 Row E 26.
1st. Lt. Henry Francis Buiskool. Mill Hill Cemetery. Plot 2 Row C Grave 4. Born on the 09th August 1920 in Soerabaja, East Java, Indonesia.
Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to the late Rob Philips and his research. Lost Archives, other sources as quoted below:
KTY/RP 10.01.2020
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them. - Laurence
Binyon
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