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Commonwealth War Graves Protestant Churchyard Witmarsum

On Witmarsum Protestant Churchyard are the graves of five airmen; three from the United Kingdom (Sergeant Peter Cosgrove, Sergeant James Fitchett and Sergeant Eric Short) and one each from Canada (Flying Officer Stanley Bishop) and Australia (Flight Sergeant Arthur Chapman). They all died on 28/05/1943.

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Source

  • Text: Pieter Schlebaum
  • Photos: Dick de Boorn (1, 2, 3, 4), Fedor de Vries (5)