Airborne 2225 12May44 from Holme-on-Spalding Moor to attack the railway yards. Shot down by a night-fighter ,Oblt Tober, 111./NJG2,( . With the combat taking place at 3,800 mtrs. time: 00.37 hrs.) crashing near the hamlet of Hulshout (Antwerp), 3 km N of Geel, Belgium. Those killed were buried at Antwerpen-Deurne 15May44. Their graves are now located in the Schoonselhof Cemetery. This entire crew were on their second operational tour, S/L Shove being ‘C’ Flight Commander. F/O Crouch had previously served with No.10 sqdn, his DFM being promulgated 13Jul43. F/O J.Newcombe MiD KIA F/O A.J.Crouch DFM KIA S/L N.L.Shove DFC (P2) KIA F/O C.H.Stewart DFC KIA F/O H.D.Reeder Inj F/S R.Reading Evd F/O C.W.Saunderson KIA F/O H.D.Reeder was confined in Hospital due injuries. No PoW No. ”
F/S Reading was hidden in Turnhout until liberation in sept ’44
Source: Planet Hunters
