320 Squadron
An alphabetical listing of the Burials and Memorials as recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. July 2012
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Please note that the majority of the personnel of this Squadron were Dutch. Consequently their records are not held by the CWGC
William Hale HARRIS
Flying Officer, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 131784
He died on active service on 12 April 1945.
He is buried in grave A 3072 Burnley Cemetery, Lancashire
Gaston Frans MERTENS Order of Leopold II, Croix des Evades
Flying Officer (Navigator), 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no. 164497
He died on active service on 13 January 1945. He was 25.
He was the son of Frans and Louise Mertens; husband of Norah Mertens (nee Brunt), of North Cray, Sidcup, Kent.
He is buried in the family vault in the south-east of Liedekerke Communal Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Donald Philip Glyn MILLER
Warrant Officer (Observer), 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no. 1256688.
He died on active service on 16 February 1945. He was 24.
He was the son of David and Cordelia Mary Miller of Cardiff
He is buried in plot RR grave 33 Woensel General Cemetery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Additional information
B.Sc.
He was killed on Mitchell II, FR145, Coded P when the a/c was hit by Flak at Weeze. The aircraft survived, damaged, but he did not. At the time they were based at Melsbroek (one of a group of airfields NE of Brussels)
Henry SWINNERTON
Sergeant, (Air Gunner), 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1827820
He died on active service on 28 March 1945
He is buried in grave X 20 4 Brussels Town Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Cornelis VAN DER KNAAP
Pilot Officer, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no. 104591
He died on active service on 28 October 1943
He is remembered on panel 133 of the Runnymede Memorial
Additional information
Mitchell FR 174 K was on a mission to Cherbourg when she was hit by flak and crashed. There were no survivors
Those who died were:
Captain A J Dieren Bijovet
Pierre Fortunus van Woesik, Wireless Operator
A G van Apeldeldoorn, Airgunner
For more information see: http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/youtube-footage/squadron-320-mission-to-cherbourg.html
Robert Maxwell WILSON
Warrant Officer (Navigator/bomber), 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no. 1292035.
He died on active service on 9 February 1945. He was 22.
He was the son of William Maxwell Gunn Wilson and Margaret Elsie Wilson of Wallington.
He is buried in grave VIII B 2 Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Limburg, Belgium
Thank you again CWGC
Please note that the majority of the personnel of this Squadron were Dutch. Consequently their records are not held by the CWGC
William Hale HARRIS
Flying Officer, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 131784
He died on active service on 12 April 1945.
He is buried in grave A 3072 Burnley Cemetery, Lancashire
Gaston Frans MERTENS Order of Leopold II, Croix des Evades
Flying Officer (Navigator), 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no. 164497
He died on active service on 13 January 1945. He was 25.
He was the son of Frans and Louise Mertens; husband of Norah Mertens (nee Brunt), of North Cray, Sidcup, Kent.
He is buried in the family vault in the south-east of Liedekerke Communal Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Donald Philip Glyn MILLER
Warrant Officer (Observer), 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no. 1256688.
He died on active service on 16 February 1945. He was 24.
He was the son of David and Cordelia Mary Miller of Cardiff
He is buried in plot RR grave 33 Woensel General Cemetery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Additional information
B.Sc.
He was killed on Mitchell II, FR145, Coded P when the a/c was hit by Flak at Weeze. The aircraft survived, damaged, but he did not. At the time they were based at Melsbroek (one of a group of airfields NE of Brussels)
Henry SWINNERTON
Sergeant, (Air Gunner), 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1827820
He died on active service on 28 March 1945
He is buried in grave X 20 4 Brussels Town Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Cornelis VAN DER KNAAP
Pilot Officer, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no. 104591
He died on active service on 28 October 1943
He is remembered on panel 133 of the Runnymede Memorial
Additional information
Mitchell FR 174 K was on a mission to Cherbourg when she was hit by flak and crashed. There were no survivors
Those who died were:
Captain A J Dieren Bijovet
Pierre Fortunus van Woesik, Wireless Operator
A G van Apeldeldoorn, Airgunner
For more information see: http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/youtube-footage/squadron-320-mission-to-cherbourg.html
Robert Maxwell WILSON
Warrant Officer (Navigator/bomber), 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no. 1292035.
He died on active service on 9 February 1945. He was 22.
He was the son of William Maxwell Gunn Wilson and Margaret Elsie Wilson of Wallington.
He is buried in grave VIII B 2 Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Limburg, Belgium
