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November 8th 1941

Wellington IC Z8942 AA-D of 75 Sq.

Crashed: Hit by flak of Flak Abteilung 261and crashed 22.15 at Zuidland (Voorne-Putten), 20 km SW of Rotterdam.

Crew:

- Sgt John Stephen WILSON (Co-Pilot RNZAF), age 26. KIA
Son of Stephen Anson Wilson and of Christian Wilson (néeBremner), of Auckland City, New Zealand.

- P/O Ralph Owen FOSTER (Pilot RNZAF), age 29. KIA
Son of Ralph and Gladys Foster, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

- P/O Robert Leslie Owen RYDER (Observer RAAF), age 25. KIA
Son of Arthur Owen and Florence Gardiner Ryder; Husband of Marjorie Ryder, of Roma, Quennsland, Australia.

- Sgt James Henry REID ( Wop./AG RAF VR), age 21. KIA
Son of James and Jane Reid, of Perth.

- Sgt Sir Charles Thomas Hewitt MAPPIN (AG RAF VR), age 32. KIA
Son of Thomas Wilson Mappin and Violet Mappin; husband of Lady Mappin ( née Gordon Duff).

Those who were killed in action were buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery

- Sgt Lawrence Beresford Hamilton HOPE (AG RNZAF) POW number 24510 as W/O in Stalag Kopernikus.
Killed on 19 April 1945 by Allied fighter bombers which attacked the prisoner of war column in which he was marching.
He is buried in The 1939-1945 War Cemetery at Berlin. Age 29.
Son of Percy Douglas and Martha Harriet Hope, of French Pass, Nelson,New Zealand.


Target: Essen
Homebase: Feltwell
Taken off: evening of November 7th


Details supplied by Jan Weda