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Post by shorty on Apr 11, 2011 14:01:42 GMT 12
In 1996 I finally got around to the back pack thing and did my OE (at the age of fifty!) While I was at Frederikshavn at the northern tip of Denmark I came across and war cemetary (containg German and Allied grave) and there were 5 NZ headstones. I tried to take a photo of them but as it was dark the flash washed out the inscriptions , they seem to be as follows  Flight Sergeant C James  ? and Pilot Officer W.S.Masters  Flight Lieutenant Barker (?)  Flight Sergeant L S Crawford Watson Can anyone (Errol?) confirm the names and add any other info? I assume they were all from the one crew. There may be another headstone with the group but I can't find a photo of it (and I probably wouldn't be able to read it anyway) |
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Post by errolmartyn on Apr 11, 2011 17:17:38 GMT 12
'For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume Two: Fates 1943-1998)':
Thu 4/Fri 5 Nov 1943
BOMBER COMMAND
Gardening - mine laying from Lorient, France, to the Kattegat (by 36 aircraft - 4 lost) . . .
75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF (Mepal, Cambridgeshire - 3 Group)
Stirling III BK778/U - took off at 1600 on same duty as the above, and shot down by a night-fighter over Denmark, crashing at Kallerup, 8km SW of Thisted. Six of the crew were buried at Frederikshavn on the 13th, while the flight engineer is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Captain: NZ421077 Plt Off William Stuart MASTERS, RNZAF - Age 21. 552hrs. 12th op.
Navigator: NZ422676 Flt Sgt George Burns IMRIE, RNZAF - Age 22. 313hrs. 11th op.
Air Bomber: NZ426333 Flt Sgt Charles JAMES, RNZAF - Age 34. 326hrs. 11th op.
Rear Gunner: NZ42734 Flt Sgt Lewis Stanley CRAWFORD-WATSON, RNZAF - Age 21. 208hrs. 11th op.
The only other New Zealanders buried in the same cemetery are:
NZ391324 Flt Lt Richard BARRETT, RNZAF - Age 24, who was shot down and killed while flying a 65 Sqn Mustang on 17 May 1944.
33566 Sqn Ldr Michael James HERRICK, DFC* Air Medal(US), RAF - Age 23, who was shot down and killed on 16 Jun 44 while piloting a 305 Sqn Mosquito.
Errol
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Post by shorty on Apr 11, 2011 19:24:14 GMT 12
Thanks Errol, the one I thought I read as Barker must be Barrett and the one alongside Masters looks like it may be Imrie. When I find the negs I'll see if I can make it out better.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 11, 2011 19:35:24 GMT 12
Micheal Herrick is someone I always enjoy reading about, he was a classic hero, serving in both Europe and the Pacific. What a pity he was killed.
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Post by errolmartyn on Apr 12, 2011 11:03:40 GMT 12
My great uncle's was killed and i think they are mentioned in the book 'For Your Tomorrow' one is Peter George Moore was killed in the pacific and Bernard Joseph Schollum was killed after a bombing raid in the north sea Both appear in my (now out of print) Vol Two: Thu 31 May 1945 SOUTH PACIFIC Bombing sortie over North Bougainville 14 Squadron, RNZAF (Piva Fighter Strip, Bougainville, Solomon Islands) F4U-1D Corsair NZ5459 - led the first section in at 1130 to bomb a target on the NE tip of Bonis Peninsula. Pulled away sharply after release of its first bomb, entered a diving turn to starboard and crashed 1000 yards off the peninsula, exploding on impact. The pilot is commemorated on the Bourail Memorial. Pilot: NZ4212771 Plt Off Peter George MOORE, RNZAF - Age 23. 660hrs. 100+ ops. Moore, on his third South Pacific tour, was lost on the last operation of the Squadron’s current tour. Mon 27/Tue 28 Sep 1943 BOMBER COMMAND Raid on Hannover, Germany (by 678 aircraft - 47 lost) . . . 149 Squadron, RAF (Lakenheath, Suffolk - 3 Group) Stirling III EF495/R - took off at 2004 captained by Flt Sgt G S Hotchkis, RAAF, on same raid as the above. Signalled an SOS at 0057 that it was about to ditch in the North Sea, but searching aircraft found no trace of the crew. Later it was learned that the RAF flight engineer, navigator and mid-upper gunner were prisoners of war. Their four comrades are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Wireless Op: NZ421992 Flt Sgt Bernard Joseph SCHOLLUM, RNZAF - Age 19. 178hrs. 1st op. Rear Gunner: NZ41174 Sgt Clifford Bruce ANDREWS, RNZAF - Age 22. 132hrs. At least 3rd op(?) Bios from (still available) Vol Three: MOORE, Pilot Officer Peter George. NZ4212771; b Tolaga Bay 12 Feb 22; Tolaga Bay DHS & Gisborne HS; clerk - P & T Dept, Tolaga Bay. NZ Army/TF 4 mths; RNZAF Hamilton as Aircrafthand (ADU) 24 Oct 42, remust as Aircrew u/t & ITW 1 Apr 43, remust as Airman Pilot u/t & 1EFTS 29 May 43, emb for Canada 16 Aug 43, att RCAF 31 Aug 43, 3 M Depôt 4 Sep 43, 37SFTS RAF 17 Sep 43, Pilots Badge & Sgt 14 Jan 44, 3RD 16 Jan 43, ctba 20 Feb 43, rtd to NZ & PRD, 4OTU (P-40) 15 Mar 44, 14 Sqn (P-40; Corsair on arr Pacific) 5 May 44, with Sqn to Pacific 27 May 44, rtd with Sqn to NZ 31 Aug 44, with Sqn to Pacific 31 Oct 44, Comm 25 Jan 45, rtd with Sqn to NZ 27 Jan 45, with Sqn to Pacific 12 Mar 45, kao 31 May 45. Bourail Memorial - Panel 5. Son of George D & Marie Moore (née Dalton), Te Araroa; h of Faith Olive Hope Moore (née Ramsley), Petone. [phot. TWN 29.8.45]. SCHOLLUM, Flight Sergeant Bernard Joseph. NZ421992; b Waiwera 18 Oct 23; Ahuroa Sch; farm hand - mother's farm at Ahuroa. RNZAF Rotorua/ITW as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner u/t 21 Mar 42, emb for Canada 27 Apr 42, att RCAF 14 May 42, 3 M Depôt 17 May 42, 2WS 23 May 42, 8BGS 6 Dec 42, Air Gunners Badge & remust as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner & Sgt 11 Jan 43, 1 Y Depôt 23 Jan 43, att RAF & emb for UK 26 Jan 43, 11PD&RC 5 Feb 43, 3(O)AFU 30 Mar 43, 11OTU (Wellington) 18 May 43, 1651HCU (Stirling) 5 Aug 43, 149 Sqn (Stirling - 1 op) 10 Sep 43, kao 28 Sep 43. Runnymede Memorial - Panel 199. Son of Joseph James & Annie Magdalene Schollum (née Schedewy), Ahuroa, Kaipara Line. [phot. TWN 22.12.43]. Errol |
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Post by Luther Moore on Apr 12, 2011 19:32:54 GMT 12
Oh wow thank you so much for that Errol that is alot of info on them its so detailed i cant believe it ihave started trying to find out information on them and this is a great help.
Also have you ever heard of the pilot Ian Thorburn from the 14th squadron?
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Post by errolmartyn on Apr 12, 2011 20:43:40 GMT 12
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Post by Luther Moore on Jun 7, 2011 22:28:24 GMT 12
Hi Errol,
Wireless Op: NZ421992 Flt Sgt Bernard Joseph SCHOLLUM, RNZAF - Age 19. 178hrs. 1st op, does this mean it was his first operation?
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Post by errolmartyn on Jun 7, 2011 23:15:20 GMT 12
Yes.
Errol
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