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Location: Heeze-Leende, North Brabant, Netherlands

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Rogier Van Bunnik 🇳🇱

April 16, 2023

According to the Loss Registers 1939 – 1945 of the Ministry of Defence, the following aircraft crashes have taken place: On 5 July 1941, a Hampden I of the 106th Squadron crashed near the Strabrechtse Dijk. The pilot was Sergeant Norman Edward Bowering, who died with his crew in the conflagration that ensued after the crash. On July 8, 1941, a crash of a Wellington IC of the 99th Squadron is recorded for Heeze (Strabrechtse Heide). The pilot was Lieutenant E.A. Masters, who was taken prisoner along with his entire crew. On December 27, 1941, the crash of a Wellington IC of the 57th Squadron was recorded for the Heeze - Someren area. The pilot, Thomas Purdy, and four other crew members are buried in the war cemetery in Woensel. On 27 April 1944 a Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 crashed. The pilot, Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Frank, was killed. On 25 December 1944, a Typhoon IB of the 440th Squadron crashed. The pilot was Harry J. Hardy, who was able to exit the plane.

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