Reformed Church Cemetery incl. Commonwealth War Graves - Rottevalle NL - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

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Size (approx.):2100 m²
Number of graves: 351
Number of persons: 559
Most common names:
VEENSTRA (42x), BENEDICTUS (15x), HOEKSTRA (15x), WITTEVEEN (11x), BLOEMBERGEN (11x), LANDMAN (11x), LINDEBOOM (11x), van der MEER (11x), van der VELDE (10x), de JONG (10x)
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At the cemetery of the Protestant Church in Rottevalle are three Commonwealth war graves.
These are the graves of the dead on 15-01-1942:

Flight Sergeant (Air Ob.) Sydney Clarence Camp, R / 71752, RCAF, 23 years
Sergeant (Pilot) Eric John Richards, 1,162,205, RAF, age unknown
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Reginald James White, 624 058, RAF, age unknown

On January 15, 1942 at 17:58 departed from airbase RAF Dishforth, the Whitley Z9424 of the No. 51 Squadron RAF with the mission: a bombing raid on the port of Emden. The aircraft was shot down over the Netherlands by the German night fighter Unteroffizier Kurt Zipperlein, 4./NJG1 and then crashed down to 3:30 in Rottevalle. Three of the six crew members died in the crash, they are buried here. The other three crew members were taken prisoner by the Germans.
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City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Rottevalle, The Netherlands. Approximate number of graves: 351 Cemetery Status: Active Cemetery Website: [Web Link]

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