Commonwealth War Graves Protestant Churchyard Blijham

The burial ground lies behind the church on Blijham Protestant Churchyard. Here are the graves of five airmen, three of whom were from the United Kingdom, one from Canada and one from Australia. They were all killed on 29/09/1941.

On September 29, 1941, the Wellington IC X9910 KO-Y took off from its base Marham at 7:37 PM. This aircraft was part of the 115th Squadron consisting of around 25 Wellington bombers from the RAF with the aim of Hamburg. Above the Dollard, these planes were shot at by the Germans and the IC X9910 was hit, which then flew in the direction of Winschoten and quickly descended and burst in Blijham at 22:52 just above the ground near the NH church in the East end with 5 crew members life came. 1 Crew member was able to jump out of the plane with the help of his parachute and continued the war as a prisoner of war.

Victims;
T.W. Bull, 19 years old, Sergeant / Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Royal Air Force
J.H. Goody, 23, Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force
W.K. Colfe, 25, Pilot Officer / Air observer, Royal Canadian Air Force
T.D. Griffiths, 19, Sergeant / Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Royal Air Force
A.R Hulls, 26, Sergeant, Royal Air Force

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries & Chris Kranenborg
• Photos: Chris Kranenborg