Crash Location Halifax IIa HR740 NP-K

There are no traces left at this crash site today, so no memorial or the like. The aircraft involved was a Halifax Mk.IIa bomber HR740 NP-K. This aircraft was shot down on the night of 12-13 June 1943 by Oblt. R. Bokemeyer of II./NJG 5. After the crew had left the aircraft using parachutes, it exploded and the debris landed on the Bekspringweg / Oude Postweg just outside Oldenzaal. The crew of the HR740 consisted of: Wireless Operator / Air Gunner Sgt. S.G. Holroyd (1194036) - Managed to escape. Pilot F/O S.C. Brown (NZ414583) - Taken POW Flight Engineer Sgt V.L. Martin (985335) - Taken POW Navigator W/O R. Barnard (966856) - Taken POW Bomb Aimer F/O J.G. Fyfe (49577) - POW Mid Upper Gunner F/Sgt. H. Leary (1816714) - Taken POW Rear Gunner W/O R.W. Robinson (710107 - Taken POW