428 Wellington(s) lost 8/9 April 1943 Duisburg ?

[peter monasso]

Hi Bill, Richard and Henk
Thank you all for the info. Were HE158 and HE239 Mk III or Mk X ? On the list of allied casualties of the city Haltern am See Lorenzo Bertrand is mentioned to be in Grave no. 12 at the Ehrenfriedhof Sythen. Sythen is a small hamlet 3 Km N-E of Haltern. Bertrand was found at Holtwick again a small hamlet about 2 Km N-W of Haltern. Most of the 50 men mentioned on this list were killed close to Haltern also 4 Frenchmen probably convicts who tried to escape and were killed by locals or local Police. I could find the whereabouts of the 46 allied airmen (Canadians, British, Australian and Americans) not for the 4 Frenchmen. By the way the cemetery of Sythen was closed in 90’ies and is a lake now.
Again thanks for clear up the fate of Bertrand, it’s always difficult to find out what happened in such cases when the a/c did return leaving one man behind.
Regards,
Peter