Remembrance Memorial Wellington Bomber X9910 KO-Y

Since May 2020, a permanent memorial has been placed at the church in Blijham on the Oosteinde for the five crew members of the English bomber who were killed on 29-09-1941.

Text on the monument:

9/29/1941, 10:52 PM

The English Vickers Wellington bomber X9910 KO-Y was hit by a German fighter plane on the way back from a bombing raid on Hamburg. The plane exploded near the church.
The spire of the church was hit and burned down completely.

Of the six crew members died:

Arthur Robert Huls 26 years old
Sergeant Pilot Royal Airforce - Pilot

James Henry Goody 23 years old
Sergeant Royal Australion Air Force - 2nd Pilot

Thomas Douglas Griffiths age 19
Sergeant / Wireless Operator / Air gunner Royal Air Force
Apprentice radio operator / Gunner

Thomas William Bull 19 years old
Sergeant / Wireless Operator / Air gunner Royal Air Force
Radio operator

William Kenneth Colfe 25 years old
Pilot Officer / Air Observer Royal Canadian Air Force
2nd Lieutenant Observer / Bomb Adjuster

The sixth crew member jumped out of the plane with his parachute and survived the crash.

Norman Robertson Schuttleworth
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force / Prisoner of War
Tail gunner - prisoner of war

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Source

• Text: Chris Kranenborg
• Photos: Chris Kranenborg