Hi,I was browsing and came across your kind offer and thought I would post a request for a photo of the grave of a family member.His name was Duncan Farquar MATHESON son of Farquhar Matheson and Norah McAllum of New Plymouth New Zealand.Flying Officer Matheson,RNZAF 392057,was the captain on board a Halifax II which took off at 2243 hours from Elvington as part of Operation Essen.Shot down by a nighter (Hptm Paul Forster,I/NJG1) crashing at 0147 hours some 2 km east of Zierikzee (Zeeland) on Schouwen.The crew were initially buried at Haamstede and later reinterred at Bergen -op -Zoom.At the time of his death,Matheson had completed 456 flying hours and was on his 4th operation.Date of death,26th July 1943 age 26 years.Cemetery name,Bergen -op - Zoom War Cemetery,Noord - Brabant,Netherlands.Grave No 14 B 7.I hope I have given enough details and that the cemetery is not too far away.To my knowledge no one in the family here in N.Z has seen a photo of the grave,so what a great opportunity and one that I hope is still available.Many thanks.gereon
Hi Paul,was the grave for Duncan Matheson amongst what you were able to photograph?Cheers.gereon.
