Zuidmulder, John Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Thomas |
Surname | Zuidmulder |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Peter Jonas and Mary Elizabeth Zuidmulder. Husband of Lilian Zuidmulder, of Sheffield. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | DK201 |
Markings | MP-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 12. H. 2. |
Epitaph | ONE BY ONE EARTH'S LINKS ARE BROKEN, ONE BY ONE THEY ARE LINKED ABOVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 270 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1699349 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-10-1943 |
End Date | 04-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night |
Operation | Kassel. 547 aircraft, 24 losses (4.4%). H2S blind marking aircraft overshot the aiming point badly and the visual markers could not compensate due to thick haze. Decoy fires were probably also used by the Germans. The Henschel and Fieseler aircraft factories were hit and the suburb of Wolfshanger was devastated, in part due to an ammunition dump being hit. 118 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Leistrup, ESE of Detmold |