CREW:
Pilot: Sgt Gordon Watson
Flight Engineer: Sgt Ian Douglas Crawford
Navigator: Flying Officer Arthur Edward "Ted" Parsons
Navigator/Air Bomber: Sgt Leon Hannam
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt William Robert Louth
Air Gunner: Sgt Raymond Shepherd
Air Gunner: Flight Sergeant Thomas Deuel Scarff
On the night of 30 April to 1 May 1943, their Halifax II, JB.803 "G" bomber was intercepted by a German night fighter on the way back from a bombing flight to Essen in the Ruhr region. The plane had to make an emergency landing in the Noordpolder, between Muiden and Muiderberg. Parsons, Hannam, Shepherd and Louth jumped out of the plane by parachute. They landed in the IJsselmeer and drowned. Watson and Crawford remained on board the aircraft and died in the emergency landing. All were buried at the General Cemetery in Muiden, except for Louth, who is still missing. In August 2003, the last engine of the Halifax was excavated in the Noordpolder on the land of the Nell family by the Aircraft Recovery Group. The remains are on display at Fort Veldhuis, part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
Cenotaph here
Pilot: Sgt Gordon Watson
Flight Engineer: Sgt Ian Douglas Crawford
Navigator: Flying Officer Arthur Edward "Ted" Parsons
Navigator/Air Bomber: Sgt Leon Hannam
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt William Robert Louth
Air Gunner: Sgt Raymond Shepherd
Air Gunner: Flight Sergeant Thomas Deuel Scarff
On the night of 30 April to 1 May 1943, their Halifax II, JB.803 "G" bomber was intercepted by a German night fighter on the way back from a bombing flight to Essen in the Ruhr region. The plane had to make an emergency landing in the Noordpolder, between Muiden and Muiderberg. Parsons, Hannam, Shepherd and Louth jumped out of the plane by parachute. They landed in the IJsselmeer and drowned. Watson and Crawford remained on board the aircraft and died in the emergency landing. All were buried at the General Cemetery in Muiden, except for Louth, who is still missing. In August 2003, the last engine of the Halifax was excavated in the Noordpolder on the land of the Nell family by the Aircraft Recovery Group. The remains are on display at Fort Veldhuis, part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
Cenotaph here
CREW:
Pilot: Sgt Gordon Watson
Flight Engineer: Sgt Ian Douglas Crawford
Navigator: Flying Officer Arthur Edward "Ted" Parsons
Navigator/Air Bomber: Sgt Leon Hannam
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt William Robert Louth
Air Gunner: Sgt Raymond Shepherd
Air Gunner: Flight Sergeant Thomas Deuel Scarff
On the night of 30 April to 1 May 1943, their Halifax II, JB.803 "G" bomber was intercepted by a German night fighter on the way back from a bombing flight to Essen in the Ruhr region. The plane had to make an emergency landing in the Noordpolder, between Muiden and Muiderberg. Parsons, Hannam, Shepherd and Louth jumped out of the plane by parachute. They landed in the IJsselmeer and drowned. Watson and Crawford remained on board the aircraft and died in the emergency landing. All were buried at the General Cemetery in Muiden, except for Louth, who is still missing. In August 2003, the last engine of the Halifax was excavated in the Noordpolder on the land of the Nell family by the Aircraft Recovery Group. The remains are on display at Fort Veldhuis, part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
Cenotaph here
Pilot: Sgt Gordon Watson
Flight Engineer: Sgt Ian Douglas Crawford
Navigator: Flying Officer Arthur Edward "Ted" Parsons
Navigator/Air Bomber: Sgt Leon Hannam
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt William Robert Louth
Air Gunner: Sgt Raymond Shepherd
Air Gunner: Flight Sergeant Thomas Deuel Scarff
On the night of 30 April to 1 May 1943, their Halifax II, JB.803 "G" bomber was intercepted by a German night fighter on the way back from a bombing flight to Essen in the Ruhr region. The plane had to make an emergency landing in the Noordpolder, between Muiden and Muiderberg. Parsons, Hannam, Shepherd and Louth jumped out of the plane by parachute. They landed in the IJsselmeer and drowned. Watson and Crawford remained on board the aircraft and died in the emergency landing. All were buried at the General Cemetery in Muiden, except for Louth, who is still missing. In August 2003, the last engine of the Halifax was excavated in the Noordpolder on the land of the Nell family by the Aircraft Recovery Group. The remains are on display at Fort Veldhuis, part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
Cenotaph here
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