Young Pilot's Death in Commonwealth Squadron
Derek Warren wanted to be a pilot but was too young to train in the UK so went to Canada to train. When he qualified he returned to the UK and joined the 75(NZ) Squadron which had pilots from Commonwealth Countries (Australia, New Zealand and Canada) as well as the UK. He flew several sorties. On 11th May 1944, he took off for an attack against Louvain and was shot down on the Belgium/Dutch border and came down in Praatrlietweg near Aardenburg. All the crew were killed. A Dutch boy who had witnessed the crash reported seeing German troops returning to their lodgings with flying jackets looted... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Text |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
| Schlagwörter: | British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / Aeroplane / Air Force / Aircraft / Airplane / Armed Forces / Australia / Australian / Belgian / Belgium / Britain / British / British Empire / Canada / Canadian / Clothes / Clothing / Colonial / Commonwealth / Dutch / Empire / Empire/Commonwealth / Europe / European / German / Germany / Holland / Letter / Letters / Military / Netherlands / New Zealand / New Zealander / North America / North American / North West Europe / Photo / Photograph / Photographs / Photos / Plane / RAF / Royal Air Force / The Netherlands / UK |
| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29296074 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25935421.v1 |
Derek Warren wanted to be a pilot but was too young to train in the UK so went to Canada to train. When he qualified he returned to the UK and joined the 75(NZ) Squadron which had pilots from Commonwealth Countries (Australia, New Zealand and Canada) as well as the UK. He flew several sorties. On 11th May 1944, he took off for an attack against Louvain and was shot down on the Belgium/Dutch border and came down in Praatrlietweg near Aardenburg. All the crew were killed. A Dutch boy who had witnessed the crash reported seeing German troops returning to their lodgings with flying jackets looted from the crashed plane. His father eventually managed to visit Derek's grave and wrote to the parents of other crew members about his experience.