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Flying Officer (Nav.) Horace Callow

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Flying Officer (Nav.) Horace Callow

Birth
Wellington, New Zealand
Death
21 Jul 1944 (aged 27)
Heythuysen, Leudal Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Burial
Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Plot
12. J. 2.
Memorial ID
13826617 View Source

Service Number: 427185
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (R.A.F.) Squadron

His brother Douglas William Callow also fell, 13 March 1943
Sons of William Bridson and Matilda (Hazlewood) Callow

Suggested edit from Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676)
'Lost his life when Lancaster ME752 75 Squadron crashed at Aan de Kreppel, Heythuysen, Limburg Holland
The aircraft was claimed shot down by Unteroffizier Bruno Rupp of the 4./NJG 3 (flying a Ju 88 G-1 from Plantlünne airfield, Germany) and by Leutnant Walter Briegleb of the 10./NJG 3 (took off from Düsseldorf at 00:15 hrs in Ju 88 G-1 D5+BV).
Initially buried in Heythuysen, they were later reinterred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Flt Sgt Burgess was a part of Trupp 21 and arrived at Bankau on 22nd August 1944.
(The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock)
Pilot F/Sgt. G.B. Roche NZ413219 RNZAF / grave 12 J 3
Flight Engineer Sgt. J. Armstrong 1684332 RAF / grave 12 J 1
Navigator F/O. H. Callow NZ427185 RNZAF / grave 12 J 2
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. J. Burgess NZ421108 RNZAF /Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kruelburg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 442.
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt. J F McD. Barson 1324529 RAF / grave 12 J 4
Mid Upper Gunner F/Sgt. W.E. McGee NZ427902 RNZAF / evader
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. K.E. Smith NZ425179 RNZAF / grave 12 J 5'

Service Number: 427185
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (R.A.F.) Squadron

His brother Douglas William Callow also fell, 13 March 1943
Sons of William Bridson and Matilda (Hazlewood) Callow

Suggested edit from Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676)
'Lost his life when Lancaster ME752 75 Squadron crashed at Aan de Kreppel, Heythuysen, Limburg Holland
The aircraft was claimed shot down by Unteroffizier Bruno Rupp of the 4./NJG 3 (flying a Ju 88 G-1 from Plantlünne airfield, Germany) and by Leutnant Walter Briegleb of the 10./NJG 3 (took off from Düsseldorf at 00:15 hrs in Ju 88 G-1 D5+BV).
Initially buried in Heythuysen, they were later reinterred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Flt Sgt Burgess was a part of Trupp 21 and arrived at Bankau on 22nd August 1944.
(The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock)
Pilot F/Sgt. G.B. Roche NZ413219 RNZAF / grave 12 J 3
Flight Engineer Sgt. J. Armstrong 1684332 RAF / grave 12 J 1
Navigator F/O. H. Callow NZ427185 RNZAF / grave 12 J 2
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. J. Burgess NZ421108 RNZAF /Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kruelburg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 442.
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt. J F McD. Barson 1324529 RAF / grave 12 J 4
Mid Upper Gunner F/Sgt. W.E. McGee NZ427902 RNZAF / evader
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. K.E. Smith NZ425179 RNZAF / grave 12 J 5'


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