DIEPENVEEN GENERAL
CEMETERY MEMORIAL
World
War 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © F Loggen 2006
Diepenveen
is a large village lying 4 kilometres north of Deventer, about 2 kilometres
east of the Deventer-Zwolle road. The cemetery is 180 metres south
of the village centre and the graves are in the southern half. There
are a small number of 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this
site. There is a memorial to two R.A.F. crews who died here. The village
holds a remembrance day on May 5th every year.
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WIJ
BRENGEN DANK
AAN HEN DIE VIELEN
TER BEVRIFDING VAN ONS LAND
WE
OFFER OUR GRATITUDE
TO THOSE WHO DIED FOR
THE LIBERATON OF OUR COUNTRY
35
Squadron - 15/16 February 1944
After
a rest of more than 2 weeks for the regular bomber squadrons, 891
aircraft - 561 Lancasters, 314 Halifaxes, 16 Mosquitos - were dispatched
to Berlin. This was the largest force sent to Berlin and the largest
non-1,000 bomber force sent to any target, exceeding the previous
record of 826 aircraft (which included Stirlings and Wellingtons)
sent to Dortmund on the night of 23/24 May 1943. It was also the
first time that more than 500 Lancasters and more than 300 Halifaxes
were dispatched. The German controllers were able to plot the bomber
stream soon after it left the English coast but the swing north
over Denmark for the approach flight proved too far distant for
many of the German fighters. The German controller ordered the fighters
not to fly over Berlin, leaving the target area free for the flak,
but many fighters ignored him and attacked bombers over the city.
The diversion to Frankfurt-on-Oder failed to draw any fighters.
43 aircraft - 26 Lancasters, 17 Halifaxes -were lost, 4.8 per cent
of the force.
Berlin
was covered by cloud for most of the raid. Heavy bombing fell on
the centre and south-western districts and some of Berlin's most
important war industries were hit, including the large Siemensstadt
area. This was really the end of the true 'Battle of Berlin'; only
one more raid took place on the city in this period and that was
not for more than a month.
23
Oboe Mosquitos attacked 5 night-fighter airfields in Holland, 43
Stirlings and 4 Pathfinder Halifaxes carried out minelaying in Kiel
Bay, 24 Lancasters of No 8 Group made a diversion raid on Frankfurt-on-Oder,
9 aircraft made RCM flights and 14 Mosquitos carried out Serrate
patrols. A Serrate Mosquito was the only aircraft lost.
2
Mosquitos to Aachen, 6 Stirlings and 6 Wellingtons minelaying off
Bayonne and Lorient, 48 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Stirling
lost from a Resistance flight.
Total
effort for the night: 1,070 sorties, 45 aircraft (4.2 per cent)
lost.
[Extract
from Government
Web Archive]
The
particular target for this aircraft below was Berlin, 18 aircraft
returned and 1 failed to return (see below). |
15
FEBRUARY 1944 |
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DANIELS |
Raymond
Valentine Montigue |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 962812, 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 15 February 1944. Aged 24. Son of Montigue and Edith Daniels,
of Ipswich, Suffolk; husband of Stella Daniels, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
Buried in DIEPENVEEN GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands.
Row 2, Grave 13. |
POGONOWSKI |
Jeffret
Eugene |
Flight
Sergeant 418011, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 15 February 1944.
Aged 22. Son of Louis Alexander and Fairy Mignon Pogonowski, of
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. Buried in DIEPENVEEN GENERAL CEMETERY,
Overijssel, Netherlands. Row 2, Grave 14. |
BLUNDELL |
Colin
Frazer |
Pilot
Officer 411116, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 15 February 1944.
Aged 28. Son of George Howell Blundell and Augusta Blundell, of
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Buried in DIEPENVEEN GENERAL
CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Row 2, Grave 1. |
HAZELL |
Leslie
Albert |
Flight
Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 918657, 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 15 February 1944. Buried in DIEPENVEEN GENERAL
CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Row 2, Grave 16. |
30-31
May 1942
The
first 1,000-bomber raid. A total of 1,047 aircraft were despatched
to Cologne, of which 868 attacked the main target dropping 1,455
tons of explosives, two-thirds of which were incendiaries. The city
suffered severe damage and 469 people were killed. About 250 factories
and 18,400 houses were destroyed or damaged. Half of the city's
power supply was out of action, and some 12,000 fires started, many
of which burned for days. Forty one aircraft were lost, and Fg Off
T Manser was posthumously awarded the VC for remaining at the controls
of his No. 50 Sqn Manchester to allow his crew to bale out. |
31
MAY 1942 |
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FALK |
Frederick
Harold |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 798559, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 31 May 1942. Aged 23. Son of Capt. Enoch Falk and
of Fanny E. Falk (nee Axford), of St. John'S, Newfoundland. Buried
in DIEPENVEEN GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Row 1.
Grave 1. |
GORTON |
William
Howarth |
Pilot
Officer (Observer) 115163, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
31 May 1942. Aged 29. Son of Harry and Ann Gorton, and stepson of
Minnie Gorton, of Manchester; husband of Barbara Gorton. Buried
in DIEPENVEEN GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Row 1,
Joint grave 2-3. (Shared with WOOLNOUGH below). |
WOOLNOUGH,
DFM |
Victor
Ernest |
Pilot
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 48586, Royal Air Force. Died
31 May 1942. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Buried
in DIEPENVEEN GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Row 1,
Joint grave 2-3. Shared with GORTON above). |
Last updated
27 December, 2016
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