BORNE (BORNERBROEK) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
Overijssel
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.30872, Longitude: 6.65561
Location Information
Borne is a village and commune 6 kilometres north-west of Hengelo, in the province of Overijssel. Bornerbroek is a village in the commune, 7 kilometres west of Borne village and 5 kilometres south of the town of Almelo, on the Almelo-Ambt-Delden road.
The Roman Catholic churchyard is in the centre of the village, and the six Commonwealth Airmen are in the south-western part.
Borne is a village and commune 6 kilometres north-west of Hengelo, in the province of Overijssel. Bornerbroek is a village in the commune, 7 kilometres west of Borne village and 5 kilometres south of the town of Almelo, on the Almelo-Ambt-Delden road.
The Roman Catholic churchyard is in the centre of the village, and the six Commonwealth Airmen are in the south-western part.
Image used the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The six crew members from 429 Squadron on the Wellington HE392 429 were killed on 27th April 1943 during a raid on Duisburg and were shot down at Entersestraat just west of Bornerbroek by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
R/101482 Warrant Officer Class II
Samuel Hanan
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
27th April 1943, aged 21.
Son of Nahman M. and Marie Calo Hanan, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Son And Brother. To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"
Samuel enlisted in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 17, 1941.
Samuel Hanan
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
27th April 1943, aged 21.
Son of Nahman M. and Marie Calo Hanan, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Son And Brother. To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"
Samuel enlisted in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 17, 1941.
R/81411 Flight Sergeant
Sydney Lane
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
27th April 1943, aged 27.
Son of James W. and Edith M. Lane.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By His Brothers Maurice And Jack"
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Sydney Lane
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
27th April 1943, aged 27.
Son of James W. and Edith M. Lane.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By His Brothers Maurice And Jack"
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R/105100 Warrant Officer Class II.
Frederick Hugh Purchase
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
27th April 1943, aged 33.
Son of Hugh Brown Purchase and Emily Ethel (nee Cox) Purchase, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Marjorie Dorothea Purchase, of Toronto, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
Frederick Hugh Purchase
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
27th April 1943, aged 33.
Son of Hugh Brown Purchase and Emily Ethel (nee Cox) Purchase, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Marjorie Dorothea Purchase, of Toronto, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
Other crew members were
778810 Sergeant Malcolm Penvil Brown, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of John Martin Brown and Gladys Brown, of Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
776126 Sergeant Edwin Giles Litchfield, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
1038224 Sergeant George Kenneth Thompson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Harold Wortley Thompson and Elsie Augusta Thompson, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.
778810 Sergeant Malcolm Penvil Brown, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of John Martin Brown and Gladys Brown, of Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
776126 Sergeant Edwin Giles Litchfield, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
1038224 Sergeant George Kenneth Thompson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Harold Wortley Thompson and Elsie Augusta Thompson, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.
