Kersbeek, Belgium - Crash Wellington
Saturday 26th August 2023 a remembrance ceremony was held to remember the crash of the Wellington.
First there was a wreath laying at the crashsite and afterwards a small ceremony at the cemetery.
Wellington III (BJ831) of 150 Squadron took off from RAF Snaith and was hit by Flak over Frankfurt in the night of 24-25 August 1942. On the way back, another night fighter got involved, he set fire to the starboard wing. Shortly afterwards, the Wellington crashed at Miskom (in the hamlet of Kattebos in Kersbeek), together with three members of the crew. Two more survivors died in captivity.
Crew of Wellington III BJ831
Sergeant HOLDAWAY, NEVILLE CHARLES – 403189
150 Sqd Royal Australian Air Force, Australian
Died 25 August 1942 Age 24
Sergeant MATTHEWS, KEITH LASH – 778843
150 Sqd Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, United Kingdom
Died 25 August 1942 Age 20
Flight Sergeant THOMPSON, HARRY MALFROY – 402912
150 (R.A.F.) Sqd Royal New Zealand Air Force, New Zealand
Died 25 August 1942 Age 28
Warrant Officer MAGENIS Leslie Stewart - 1269063
150 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Interned in Camp 8B/344, PoW No.27032.
Died 03 March 1945 of dysentery on The Forced March
Buried in Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery
Warrant Officer GLASSE Basil Henry - 777859
150 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Interned in Camp 8B/344, PoW No.27141.
Died 09 March 1945 Age 25 on The Forced March.
Commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL