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ALEXANDER, Henry

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number W4377
Markings DX-
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot EE. Grave 3..
Epitaph AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER (From Verse 4 of the poem "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon)
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 1
Enlistment information
Service Number 1361331
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 57
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 21-06-1943
End Date 22-06-1943
Takeoff Station Scampton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Krefeld
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Maj. Walter Ehle of Stab II./NJG1 (his 29th victory). Crashed at approximately 01:50 hours near Boschweg Road, behind the De Ketting Café in a forested area of Boxtel, Netherlands. All of the crew perished. The local fire brigade attended the scene when a bomb exploded in the burning wreckage killing two firemen and seriously injuring three more. The two dead firemen were Petrius van der Ven and Martinus Goossens.