Crash Site Vickers Wellington III Z1729 Boekel

On the evening of 20 December 1942, a fleet of British bombers (204 aircraft in total) passed over North Brabant to bomb Duisburg. Eleven of these were lost, one of which, Vickers-Wellington III Z1729, KW-T of 425 Squadron, landed in Boekel at 20:13, shot down by a German night fighter flown by Hptm. Werner Streib of I./NJG 1.

Crew members:
Pilot: Flight Sergeant Leslie Frank Causley RAF 136808 [PoW].
Navigator: Pilot Officer Pierre Augustine Guy Martel RCAF J/16503 [Killed]
Air Gunner: Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette RCAF J/16502 [Killed]
Air Gunner: Warrant Officer Class II Jean Paul Alban Raymond RCAF R/77340 : [Killed]
Air Gunner: Warrant Officer Class II Charles William Horley Roy RCAF R/55159 [Killed]
Sergeant Harold Mohin RAF 1129516 [PoW]

This sign was made by Heemkundekring Sint Achten op Boeckel and placed on August 31, 2022.

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Source

• Text: Kees van Ginneke + TracesOfWar
• Photos: Kees van Ginneke