Rouwerd, Frederick Willem Died

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Personal Information

Forename(s) Frederick Willem
Surname Rouwerd
Gender M
Age 31
Decorations Bronzen Kruis
Date of Death 30-04-1944
Next of Kin Son of Frederick Willem Rouwerd and Christina Rouwerd (née Hoegee). Husband of Maria Bastiana Rouwerd (née Groenendal), of Pretoria, South Africa. They married in November 1937, Pretoria.
ROUWERD FW

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number BB313
Markings NF-M

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Place Englandspiel Memorial, Den Haag, Netherlands

IBCC Memorial Information

Phase SP
Panel Number 272 (not yet erected on site)

Enlistment Information

Service Special Operations Executive (Dutch Army)
Group 3
Squadron 138 (Special Duties)
Squadron Motto For freedom
Trade Agent (Wireless Operator)
Country of Origin Netherlands

Other Memorials

Location Village Green, Tempsford, Bedfordshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text In honour of the men and women of Special Duties Sqns stationed at RAF Tempsford
Location "The Barn" Gibraltar Farm, Tempsford, Bedfordshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Stone Plaque & Framed Scroll
Memorial Text To commemorate the men and women of different nationalities who flew from RAF Tempsford to aid resistance forces in occupied Europe
Location St. Peter's Church, Tempsford, Bedfordshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Stone Tablet, Wooden Boards, Brass Plaques & RoH
Memorial Text Remembering all those who flew from RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force

Miscellaneous Information

Born 31 May 1912, The Hague, Netherlands. Educated in the Hague, on leaving school Frederick was employed as a carpenter and completed his compulsory military service in Utrecht in 1932. In 1936 Frederick emigrated to South Africa and settled in Pretoria where he was employed in the building trade.
In January 1942, he was called up for Military service. Immediately sailing to London from Cape Town in SS Windsor Castle, Frederick enlisted in the Princess Irene Regiment of the Dutch Army in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. In June 1942 Frederick volunteered for service with SOE. Following training at STS 6 West Court, Berkshire, STS 24b Knoydart, Scotland, STS 52 Thame Park, Oxfordshire and STS 51 RAF Ringway, Lancashire for parachute training, in April 1943 Frederick was allocated his operation - “Netball” -, where he would serve as the radio operator for the Corry Section, consisting of “Seakale”, “Polo”, “Radish” and “Lacrosse” and moved to STS 61 Gaynes' Hall, St Neots where he awaited his drop date.
Training Name: Frederick Willem Roeleveld Field Name: Frederick Willem Roozendaal Code Name: Ernst
Also Killed: Ivo van Uytvanck BK Dutch Army

Fellow Servicemen

Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.

Name Outcome
Brichaux D C (Capt.) Died

Last Operation Information

Start Date 21-04-1943
End Date 22-04-1943
Takeoff Station Tempsford
Day/Night Raid Night
Operation Operation Netball
Reason for Aircraft Loss Successfully dropped at the drop zone at Gaarden, Gelderland, Netherlands, the Gestapo were waiting. Unbeknown to SOE, the Germans had infiltrated the Dutch Section and were operating a very successful counterintelligence operation, known as "Englandspiel". Immediately arrested, Frederick was interrogated by the SS and transferred to the SD prison Haaren in North Brabant. Following the escape of prisoners from Haaren on 29 November 1943 the remaining agents, including Frederick, were first transported to the prison in Assen, then in 1944 to Rawicz. Frederick was executed at Rawicz on 30 April 1944.
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IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

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