Frikkie Wiersum's crashed Typhoon, Germany 1944

Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) friend Frikkie Wiersum (1916-1997) worked for Java-China-Japan Lijn in Shanghai. In 1941, he went to the UK to join Dutch forces and was flying for RAF. During a mission over Germany, his Typhoon was hit by flak. Luckily, Frikkie Wiesum survived the crash and was taken prisoner of war.

Frikkie's son Simon comments: “The picture from the MP 126 was definitively the Typhoon my father was shot down in. His plane was being serviced so Squadron Leader Stapleton’s was issued to my father. Looks like a pretty good crash landing made by my Dad considering the huge front cowling.” "The Squadron Leader was pretty angry with my Dad when he learned about him having crashed his airplane."

Dr. Jiří Rajlich: "All photos are from my collection; photographer is unknown. According to some sources, these pictures were found with an unknown German soldier who was killed in action in Czechoslovakia in May 1945".

Typhoon_IB-MP126_ZY-Y-247.Sq-5.12.44_flak.Bocholt_FO_F.K.Wiersum_PoW coll Dr. Jiri Rajlich

For people who understand Dutch, the following may be interesting. Simon Wiersum wrote to me about his father's best friend, Robby van Zinnicq Bergmann. They were both based at Eindhoven airport in 1944, Robby van Zinnicq Bergmann for the Netherlands air force and Frikkie Wiersum for the R.A.F., squadron 247. Both flew Typhoon airplanes. This is a link to a 2004 radio interview with Robby van Zinnicq Bergmann by his grandson: youtu.be/-OR0FAxvaew
After the war, Frikkie Wiersum and Robby van Zinnicq Bergmann stayed close friends.

Courtesy Dr. Jiří Rajlich, Vojenský historický ústav (Military Historical Institute, Czech Republic)

Taken in: Deutschland / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Bocholt (show map)

Taken on: December 5, 1944

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