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F/Lt. P. W. Bickfort
Royal Canadian Air Force 115 Squadron
(d.17th Sep 1944)
In The Netherlands in the night of September 16/17 1944 the Lancaster LM 693 of 115 Squadron came back of a mission above Germany. Near the village Strijen the plane was hit by a German plane and the Lancaster crashed near the village.
The crew were:
F/Lt. P.W. Bickfort RCAF 125920
P/O P.L. Dooley RAF 189628
F/O A.N. Johnson RCAF 128771
F/Sgt. U.B. Butters RAF 1622660
P/O D.G. Flood RCAF 190719
P/O D. Dawson RCAF 190321
After 9 days the Germans give the People from the village permission to take the bodies away from the plane. The graves of those men is in the village of Strijen. The foundation Air war memorial Hoeksche Waard 1940-1945 would like to put a memorial for those men. Please contact me for more information.