Details of crash of Maurice Monks' Lancaster

Details of crash of Maurice Monks' Lancaster

Gives date, aircraft serial number, 166 squadron, RAF Kirmington. Location of crash Hertenkamp Epe. Lists all crew members killed with grave numbers. On the reverse a description of the town of Epe in the Netherlands and location of cemetery. Details of personnel buried.

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Date of crash: 13th June 1944
Time of crash:
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III
Codes: LM581 AS-X
Squadron: 166
Base: Kirmington Lincolnshire
Crashed near/in: Hertenkamp Epe
Crash due to:
Killed:
Sgt Harold ROTHWELL, Ag (Miduppergunner), 2206323, RAF (VR) Grave 2.10.611
F/O Maurice Arnold MONKS, Ab, 22, 152996, RAF (VR) Grave 2.10.612
Sgt Joseph Burnett CARTER, Fe, 1819883, RAF (VR) Grave 2.10.613
P/O Trevor Wilmot BOYCE, Pilot, 21, 422047, RNZAF Grave 2.10.614
F/O Andrew Burgess LEONARD, Nav, 22, 152791, RAF (VR) Grave 2.10.697
Sgt Ian Murray ROSS, Ag (Reargunner), 21, 1273637, RAF (VR) (Of Canada) Grave 2.10.706
Sgt Stanley ALLDIS, Wop/Ag, 24, 1132284, RAF (VR) Grave 2.10.707
Cemetery: Epe General Cemetery
Target: Wanne-Eickel.
Details collected by Mr. J.G.J. de Haan, Kronenland 1432, 6605 RW Wijchen NL
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EPE GENERAL CEMETERY
Index No. NL. 296
Epe is a small town about 14 kilometres (8 1/2 miles) north of Apeldoorn, on the main road to Zwolle. There is good accommodation in Epe, but the most convenient railway station is Apeldoorn whence the bus service to Zwolle passes through Epe.
The cemetery is on the western outskirts of the town, on the southern side of the road to Nunspeet. In its south-western corner are the graves of 21 airmen, fourteen of whom came from the United Kingdom, five from Canada and two from New Zealand.
ROTHWELL, Sgt. (Air Gnr.) HAROLD, 2206323. R.A.F. (V.R.) 166 Sqdn. 13th June, 1944. Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 611.
MONKS, Flying Offr. (Air Bomber) MAURICE ARNOLD, 152996. R.A.F. (V.R.) 166 Sqdn. 13th June, 1944. Age 22. Son of Arthur and Susan Gertrude Elizabeth Monks, of Lincoln. Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 612.
CARTER, Sgt. (Flt Engr.) JOSEPH BURNETT, 1819883. R.A.F. (V.R.) 166 Sqdn. 13th June, 1944. Son of Stanley and Alice Carter, of Hull, Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 613.
BOYCE, Pilot Offr. (Pilot) TREVOR WILMOT, 422047. R.N.Z.A.F. 166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. 13th June, 1944. Age 21. Son of Wilmot Boyce, and of Agnes Jessie Boyce (nee Blake), of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 614.
LEONARD, Flying Offr. (Nav.) ANDREW BURGESS, 152791. R.A.F. (V.R.) 166 Sqdn. 13th June, 1944. Age 22. Son of George William and Margaret Wright Leonard, of West Timperley, Cheshire. Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 697.
ROSS, Sgt. (Air Gnr.) IAN MURRAY, 1273637. R.A.F. (V.R.) 166 Sqdn. 13th June, 1944. Age 21. Son of Elister and Winnifred Ross; husband of Marjorie Ross, of McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada. Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 706.
ALLDIS, Sgt. (W.Op. (Air)) STANLEY, 1132284. R.A.F. (V.R.) 166 Sqdn. 13th June, 1944. Age 24. Son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Alldis, of Bidston, Cheshire. Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 707.