Date of death:

July 24th, 1942 (Vinkel (Noord-Brabant))

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 4. Row: I. Grave: 10-13.

Service number:

48081

Nationality:

British

Rang/eenheid:

149 Sqdn.

Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Peter Henry Basson
Air gunner of Stirling bomber W7580 OJ-D. On the return from a bombing mission to Duisburg (Germany), he was shot down by a German night fighter of I.(3)/NJG 1 in Venlo and crashed along the highway at the end of Koksteeg and Weerscheut near Vinkel.
The entire crew of seven perished. The remains were badly mutilated and burned and were buried in four coffins in the rectory garden next to the Roman Catholic St. Peter's Church in Uden on July 24, 1942. Four names were deduced from the clothing/equipment.
At the reburial in a collective grave at the British War Cemetery in Uden on June 21, 1946, the entire crew was registered by name.
See also N. Acton, G. Blatherwick, E.H. Boumphrey, A.J.L. Bowes, E.C. Isted and D. Morris.

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