WOGNUM PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
Noord-Holland
Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.68021, Longitude: 5.02601
Location Information
Wognum is 5 kilometres north-north-west of Hoorn, on the main Amsterdam-Leeuwarden road.
The churchyard partly surrounds the church, which is in the southern part of the village. Near the entrance are the graves of six airmen of the Royal Air Force and one from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Wognum is 5 kilometres north-north-west of Hoorn, on the main Amsterdam-Leeuwarden road.
The churchyard partly surrounds the church, which is in the southern part of the village. Near the entrance are the graves of six airmen of the Royal Air Force and one from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Frits Leenders
All seven crew members of 207 Squadron were killed when their Avro-Lancaster Mk 1 was shot down on the 29th June 1943 by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Husemann of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield and crashed 03:07 near Wognum, 3 miles north-north-west of Hoorn.
J/12826 Flying Officer
Philip Campion Digby Russell
Pilot in 207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
29th June 1943, aged 19.
Son of Christopher R. Tremayne Digby Russell and Elsie Russell, of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Philip Campion Digby Russell
Pilot in 207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
29th June 1943, aged 19.
Son of Christopher R. Tremayne Digby Russell and Elsie Russell, of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Other Airmen's Details
1174531 Sergeant William Walter Rufus Cook, Mid Upper Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 37. Son of William Walter and Emmie Cook, of Portslade, Sussex.
132145 Flying Officer Francis Edwin Fielding, Navigator, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Francis and Beatrice Fielding; nephew of Mrs. D. Soady, of Blackburn, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
1586374 Sergeant James Thomas Lloyd, Rear Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Arthur Wynn Lloyd, and of Emma Christina Lloyd, of Bathwick, Bath, Somerset. His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Remembrance"
1315873 Sergeant Arthur William Richardson, Bomb Aimer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Chris and Janie Richardson, of West Looe, Cornwall. His headstone bears the inscription "In Heavenly Love Abiding" For Ever In Our Thoughts"
1081067 Sergeant Denis Scraggs. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Frank and Martha Scragg, of Great Sankey, Warrington, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Laid To Rest By Kindly Hands, Far Away From Kin And Home Land"
536785 Sergeant Victor Henry John Watkins, Flight Engineer, Royal Air Force.
1174531 Sergeant William Walter Rufus Cook, Mid Upper Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 37. Son of William Walter and Emmie Cook, of Portslade, Sussex.
132145 Flying Officer Francis Edwin Fielding, Navigator, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Francis and Beatrice Fielding; nephew of Mrs. D. Soady, of Blackburn, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
1586374 Sergeant James Thomas Lloyd, Rear Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Arthur Wynn Lloyd, and of Emma Christina Lloyd, of Bathwick, Bath, Somerset. His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Remembrance"
1315873 Sergeant Arthur William Richardson, Bomb Aimer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Chris and Janie Richardson, of West Looe, Cornwall. His headstone bears the inscription "In Heavenly Love Abiding" For Ever In Our Thoughts"
1081067 Sergeant Denis Scraggs. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Frank and Martha Scragg, of Great Sankey, Warrington, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Laid To Rest By Kindly Hands, Far Away From Kin And Home Land"
536785 Sergeant Victor Henry John Watkins, Flight Engineer, Royal Air Force.
