REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off from R.A.F. Station Watton at 1319hrs on a shipping strike. During an attack the aircraft crashed into the sea off the Frisian Islands after colliding with the mast of the ship being attacked. This tragic event was captured by the combat strike camera of the following 21 Squadron aircraft in this attack. Thus died a crew that had gained a reputation for showing outstanding courage in low level attacks on enemy shipping.
Burial Details:
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Evered Arthur Reginald Rex leavers 745760. R.A.F.V.R. (D.F.M.) Age 24. Baflo (Den Andel) Protestant Cemetery Row 22. Grave 12. Son of Jessie Leavers, of Dunkirk, Nottingham.
Sergeant (Obsever) Ian Overheu 40727. R.N.Z.A.F. (D.F.M.) Age 23. Runnymede Memorial Panel No.64.
Sergeant ( W.Op./Air Gnr) Joseph William Phelps 751054. R.A.F.V.R. Sage War Cemetery, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany Plot 7. Row C. Grave 15.
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