Date of death:

May 3rd, 1943 (Amsterdam/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves New Eastern Cemetery Amsterdam
Plot: 69. Row: C. Grave: 9.

Service number:

J/13792

Nationality:

Canadian

Flying Officer, RCAF. No. 487 Squadron RAF (NZ). Shot down at the age of 27 by a German fighter during a mission to bomb the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. Their aircraft, a Lockheed Ventura, crashed into a block of houses at Van Bossestraat 30-34 in Amsterdam.

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• Photo 1: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
• Photo 2: Arjo Eijgelsheim
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