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Commonwealth War Graves Roman Catholic Cemetery Deurningen

Deurningen Roman Catholic Cemetery contains the graves of one British and four Canadian airmen of the Second World War who were killed on 13/05/1943.
These are the graves of:

RCAF 428 Sqd.:
Flying Officer (Nav.) Raymond Lamport Baumgarten, J/14523, age 24
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Alan Edgar Hatch, R/120614, age 21
Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Charles Clifford Hildreth R/145781, age 21
Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) Douglas Ray Horwood R/127814, age 24

RAF 428 (RCAF) Sqdn.:
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) William Leven 1077731, age 20.

They were crew members of Vickers Wellington HE-321 NA-Z. The aircraft crashed in Hengelo.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze