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Scarff, Thomas Deuel

Date of birth:
December 1st, 1919 (Winnipeg/Manitoba, Canada)
Date of death:
May 1st, 1943 (Muiden/North Holland, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Muiden
Row: E. Grave: 83.
Service number:
R/95040
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
77 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

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 (pilot) 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.

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