Workum (Spoordyk) General Cemetery, Netherlands - Funeral service
Thursday 9th October 2025 a funeral service took place for
Pilot Officer Charles Frederick John Sprack – DFM - 51543
83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Died 13 June 1943 Age 23
Pilot Officer Arthur Bertram Smart – DFM - 51914
83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 13 June 1943 Age 29
Pilot Officer Raymond Edward Moore - DFM - 52074
83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Died 13 June 1943 Age 21
D. 1. 11 (Coll.). Workum (Spoordyk) General Cemetery, The Netherlands
Please note that these casualties were previously commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
13 Jun 43 - Lancaster III ED603 83 Sqdn
Took off 2301 12 June 1943 from RAF Wyton. Crashed in the IJsselmeer.
Workum (Spoordyk) General Cemetery
Pilot Officer Arthur Gordon Fletcher - J/17802
83 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Died 13 June 1943 Age 20
Pilot Officer Harold Elvin Howsam - 146295
83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 13 June 1943 Age 31
Hindeloopen Protestant Cemetery
Flying Officer Gordon Robert Sugar - 127055
83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Died 13 June 1943 Age 22
Staveren General Cemetery
Flight Lieutenant Eric Arthur Tilbury - 127147
83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 13 June 1943 Age 25
