LOSSER (DE LUTTE) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
Overijssel
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.31493, Longitude: 6.98666
Location Information
Losser is a small town 9 kilometres north east of Enschede, only 2 kilometres from the German border. De Lutte is a village administered by Losser, and lies 9 kilometres north-north-east of the town. It is nearer to Oldenzaal, 4 kilometres to the west, and is about 1 kilometre south of the Oldenzaal-sentheim (Germany) road. The church and churchyard are in the centre of the village. In the north-western corner of the churchyard are the graves of 5 airmen; three from the United Kingdom and two from Australia.
Losser is a small town 9 kilometres north east of Enschede, only 2 kilometres from the German border. De Lutte is a village administered by Losser, and lies 9 kilometres north-north-east of the town. It is nearer to Oldenzaal, 4 kilometres to the west, and is about 1 kilometre south of the Oldenzaal-sentheim (Germany) road. The church and churchyard are in the centre of the village. In the north-western corner of the churchyard are the graves of 5 airmen; three from the United Kingdom and two from Australia.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
The following five airmen were killed when their aircraft (Halifax HX312), was shot down while returning from a raid on Magdeburg, Germany on 22nd January 1944 and crashed at De Lutte (Overijssel)in the Netherlands, a village on the Dutch-German border. Two other crew members were captured.
1028076 Sergeant
Sydney Hennan
466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd January 1944, aged 36/37.
Son of John Brown Hennan, husband of Elsie Hennan and father of Gail of Bolton, UK.
Sydney Hennan
466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd January 1944, aged 36/37.
Son of John Brown Hennan, husband of Elsie Hennan and father of Gail of Bolton, UK.
Other Burial Details
412066 Flight Sergeant Conrad George Johnston, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 27. Son of Oswald Arthur and Ada Louisa Johnston, of Wingham, New South Wales, Australia.
1417169 Sergeant John Fisher Morgan, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Son of David Samuel and Gertrude Mary Morgan, of Swansea; husband of Violet Morgan, of Town Hill, Swansea. His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Everlasting Memory"
422757 Flight Sergeant John Kevin Thompson, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Genasse Cosmas Thompson and Ellen Thompson, of Allawah, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "A Noble Son And Brother Lovingly Remembered"
1386942 Sergeant Leonard William Wykes, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
412066 Flight Sergeant Conrad George Johnston, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 27. Son of Oswald Arthur and Ada Louisa Johnston, of Wingham, New South Wales, Australia.
1417169 Sergeant John Fisher Morgan, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Son of David Samuel and Gertrude Mary Morgan, of Swansea; husband of Violet Morgan, of Town Hill, Swansea. His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Everlasting Memory"
422757 Flight Sergeant John Kevin Thompson, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Genasse Cosmas Thompson and Ellen Thompson, of Allawah, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "A Noble Son And Brother Lovingly Remembered"
1386942 Sergeant Leonard William Wykes, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
