Saturday 24th August 2024 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