[Osric122]

Thanks for the information. I have tried to look at this from the perspective of plausibility. I am new to researching this material and am hampered by distance - I live in Canada - and language - I do not understand Dutch or German. So I am grateful for the perspective of others like yourself who have access to materials. That said it seems to me that records from the local police, Red Cross and/or the Haamstede Luftwaffe base itself are potentially starting points to try and understand the link between the crash on August 31 and the bodies that washed up on the 5th and 8th of September. I have seen a translation of one police report for a body that was washed up after an unrelated crash and there was a fair amount of detail including a physical description of the body.

Does anyone know how to access these records or have ideas for other record sets to try and research this further?

Also I would be interested in seeing photos if anyone has them of the headstones of the three unknown Canadian airmen in Bergen op Zoom cemetery.

Thanks again for the contributions to date.

Jeff