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Commonwealth War Graves Protestant Cemetery Ootmarsum

Ootmarsum Protestant Cemetery contains the graves of four Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War who died on 06/11/1940.
These are the graves of:

RAF 50 Sqdn.:
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Douglas Owen Cole, 755025, age 20
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Kenneth Emm 905343, age 23
Sergeant (Pilot) Kenyon Stafford Gowland 742817, age 20
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Colin James Ray Walker 41759, age 25.

It are crew members of Hampden I X2907. At the crash location a memorial was placed.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze