Commonwealth War Graves Protestant Cemetery Bergum

The Cemetery of the Protestant Church in Burgum contains five Commonwealth War Graves. These are the graves of: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Geoffrey Carman, 402979, RNZAF, age 31 Sergeant David Victor Logan, 402058, RAAF, age 28 Sergeant (Pilot) Cyril Vincent Matheson, 931086, age 22 Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Charles James Storer, 755080, age 30 Pilot Officer (Pilot) Francis Bernard Thorpe, 60565, age unknown On September 7, 1941 at 2037 departed from RAF airbase Middleton-St-George, the Whitley Z6881 RAF No. 78 Squadron with the mission: a bombing raid over a chemical plant at Hüls in Germany. The aircraft was shot down over Holland by the German night-fighter Oblt. Helmut Lent, 4./NJG1 and crashed down at 0125 in Bergum. All crew members died in the crash, they are all buried in this cemetery. We like to add more information about the casualties buried in these graves. If you know more about these graves, please [url="/contact.asp"]contact[/url] us.