http://www.4en5mei.nl/herinneren/oorlogsmonumenten/monumenten_zoeken/oorlogsmonument/127 Vorm en materiaalHet 'Halifax-monument' in Roermond bestaat een roestvrijstalen sculptuur en een rode granieten gedenksteen, geplaatst op een bakstenen zuil. De zuil is 70 centimeter hoog, 50 centimeter breed en 50 centimeter diep.TekstenDe tekst op de gedenksteen luidt:'DEDICATED TO THOSECREW-MEMBERS OFHALIFAX B-11 JD 147 VR-C419 MOOSE SQUADRONROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCEWHO ON 25TH JUNE 1943GAVE THEIR LIVES TO SAVEROERMOND-HERTENFROM DISASTER.LDR. B.N. JOST DFCAGE 32AGT. J.B. JOHNSONAGE 27FG. OFF. R.O.F. GOODWINAGE 24.'Hiernaast is een plaquette op de steen aangebracht. De tekst op de plaat luidt:'BIJ HET UITVOEREN VAN EEN MISSIEIN DE OORLOGSNACHT VAN 25-06-1943WERD HUN BOMMENWERPER IN BRAND GESCHOTEN.DRIE LEDEN VAN DE ZEVENKOPPIGE BEMANNINGUIT CANADA, ENGELAND EN NIEUW-ZEELANDOFFERDEN ZICH EDELMOEDIG OPOM HET LEVEN VAN VELE BURGERS TE SPARENDOOR HUN TOESTEL ZO LANG MOGELIJK IN DE LUCHT TE HOUDEN.UITEINDELIJK STORTTE DE HALIFAX BUITEN DE BEBOUWINGVAN ROERMOND-HERTEN NEER IN HET HAMMERVELD.DIT GEDENKTEKEN IS OPGERICHT ALS EERBETOONVOOR HET HELDHAFTIG OPTREDENVAN DE DRIE OMGEKOMEN CANADEZEN.AANGEBODEN DOOR STICHTING WONEN MIDDEN-LIMBURGB.G.V. DE OFFICIËLE OPENING VAN "BERLAGESTATE"OP 13-10-1997, CANADESE "THANKSGIVING DAY".'SymboliekDe sculptuur symboliseert de cockpit van de Halifax die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn neus in het weiland bij Roermond boorde. De zuil verbeeldt de stad die de piloten van de Halifax wisten te ontwijken door met het brandende toestel een andere koers te vliegen.Het 'Halifax-monument' in Roermond is opgericht ter nagedachtenis aan de drie omgekomen bemanningsleden van de bommenwerper van de Canadian Air Force die in de nacht van 24 op 25 juni 1943 in het Hammerveld neerstortte.De namen van de slachtoffers luiden:Oscar Goodwin, Bjorn Johnson en Burton Norris.De Halifax bommenwerper was tezamen met vijftien andere toestellen van het 419e squadron op weg naar de Duitse stad Wuppertal-Elberfeld. De bemanning van het toestel wist een aanval van Duitse gevechtsvliegtuigen af te slaan. Bij de tweede aanval werd de rechtervleugel geraakt. De bommenwerper werd neergeschoten door de Duitse piloot Reinhard Kollak met zijn Messerschmidt ME 110. Hij was om 00.19 uur opgestegen vanaf de basis voor nachtjagers St. Truide in België. Het toestel vloog in brand, brak in twee stukken en stortte neer bij het Hammerveld. De piloot Burton Norris (Jost), wist er voor te zorgen dat het toestel, geladen met twee duizend ponders, 48 bommen van 30 pond en 630 brandbommen, niet in Roermond of Herten neerstortte maar in het onbewoonde gebied bij het Hammerveld.Flight engineer Bjorn Johnson en squadron leader Burton Norris (Jost) konden het brandende vliegtuig niet meer verlaten. Oscar Goodwin wist uit het toestel te springen. Hij overleed echter later aan zijn verwondingen. Zijn lichaam werd pas op 9 juli gevonden in een koolzaadveld. Goodwin werd begraven op het oude kerkhof te Roermond. De overige vier bemanningsleden, drie Britten en een Nieuw-Zeelander, overleefden de vliegtuigcrash doordat zij tijdig met een parachute het vliegtuig konden verlaten. Ashley Bruce; Ernest Pope; Lesley Barker en Robert Austin waren de overlevenden. Zij belandden via omwegen in verschillende kampen voor krijgsgevangenen en werden in 1945 bevrijd.OprichtingHet monument is aangeboden door de Stichting Wonen Midden-Limburg.OnthullingHet monument is onthuld op 13 oktober 1997, de Canadese Thanksgiving Day. Bij de plechtigheid waren Canadese, Europese en Nieuw-Zeelandse nabestaanden van de slachtoffers aanwezig. JOST, BURTON NORRISRank:Squadron LeaderTrade:PilotService No:J/7433Date of Death:25/06/1943Age:31Regiment/Service:Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqdn.Awards:D F CGrave Reference8. G. 6.CemeteryJONKERBOS WAR CEMETERYAdditional Information:Son of Arthur C. and C. Victoria L. Jost, of Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. B.A. (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia); B.Sc. (University Penn State, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.). http://pollisplace.com/history/burton.htm  Burton Norris Jost , son of A.C. Jost, author of the much-quoted genealogy book, Guysborough: Sketches and Essays, was killed in Holland when his plane went down during World War II.See also: http://www.airforce.ca/wwii/ALPHA-JO.html and scroll to "Jost" http://www.parl.ns.ca/airforce/RCAF.htm http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2645745 http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2645745 http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2062100&mode=1 I recently received an email from a gentleman in Holland who googled my website. His email read: "I live in the Netherlands in a town called Roermond and I just bought a new house. Our (new) street is called the Burton Jostweg (weg = road) and someone told me that Burton Jost was a pilot on a plane in WWII that was shot down by the Germans in this area. I searched the internet and I found your site. Was he a relative of you and do you know anything about this story? Just curious, I like to know where my street is named after."In a later email, he went on to say: "The local government told me that Burton Jost is regarded as a local hero because he made sure his plane crashed just outside of Roermond, so he avoided a disaster for the citizens. And that is why they wanted to name a street after him, the location of the plane-crash is only a few hundred meters from the Burton Jostweg."Recently he kindly sent me photos of the street sign as well as the monument near the crash site. He hopes to later sent a photo of Burton’s grave itself, which is located some distance from his home. He also sent a translated portion of a newspaper article about the old cemetery in the town of Roerdmond, which tells the story of the crash. Photo and article included below. If anyone would like, I can email full-size copies of the photos directly!Excerpt from news article about the old cemetery in Roermond, Holland:The grave on the left is Robert Oscar Goodwin's, who crashed in the night of the 24/25 of June 1943 on the farmland of farmer Thijssen on "Hammerveld", and died. The Halifax MD147 VRC from the 419th "Moose" squadron got a briefing on the 24th of June 1943 at 19.00 with information about the raid, the weather forecast, the flight-route, the flight-height, the time and place to join the formation and the expected position of the German FLAK.Goodwin's Halifax JD 147 was the first plane of 16 to receive the 'take off'-order and squadron leader Burton Jost was its pilot. At 22.40 on the 24th of June the Halifax took off, followed by the other 15 planes one after another. After about half an hour they joined a formation of 630 planes, heading for Wuppertal-Elberfeld in Germany. The distance between the planes was about 30 metres and they had to fly without their lights turned on. Anyone who would miss the formation had a big problem because of the German fighter-planes and the FLAK. The crew of this plane:  3 Canadians (Goodwin, Johnson and Jost) , 3 British and 1 New-Zealander.  Goodwin (age 24) was a Flying Officer, radio-operator and air-gunner. He lived at the Canadian Niagara-Falls, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 21 and moved in 1941 to England.On the 25th of June 1943 at 00.40 the German “Nachtjagd” spotted a Halifax and shot it somewhere between Maastricht and Maasmechelen (Belgium) from an certain angle so that rear-gunner Austin couldn’t see them. The right wing and engine of the Halifax caught fire. Navigator Pope reported that they were flying near Venlo. Jost tried to extinguish the fire with a nose dive, but because the fire got worse (the plane’s body was now on fire) he ordered his crew to bail out. The plane was now heading towards Roermond. The first one to jump was bomb-aimer Bruce (near Maasbracht), the second one rear-gunner Austin (near Leropperveld). Jost noticed he was flying toward an urban area and he turned left, while parts of the plane dropped after some explosions. Because he used flares, he probably tried to land on the fields called ‘Hammerveld’. Now navigator Pope and second gunner Barker jumped, so only the Canadians Jost (pilot), Johnson (flight engineer) and Goodwin (radio operator) remained on board while the plane was only about 100 metres above the ground. The undercarriage of the plane fell burning in a cornfield and then Goodwin jumped.Finally the plane crashed, with Jost and Johnson still on board. Their burned bodies were found by the firebrigade, in their cockpit that was separated from the rest of the plane. The German Wehrmacht took over the command of the area and started looking for the other members of the crew. Bruce, Austin, Pope and Barker were wounded and got arrested. They were deported to Prisoner of War Camps in Germany and survived the war. Goodwin jumped out of the plane too late and his parachute didn’t open. He was severely wounded and he was lying in the fields, heard moaning and crying for help all night. Because of the German guards it was not possible to help him and the Germans found him 15 days after the crash. The state of his body made them decide to bury him in Roermond, and after the war his widow decided that his remains should stay there. 2 Members of the RCAF and 7 members of the RAF are buried next to each other on this 18th century cemetery in Roermond. An excerpt from the book, They Shall Not Grow Old: JOST, BURTON NORRIS, Squadron Leader, pilot, DFC. From Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Killed in action 25 Jun 43, age 31, 419 Moose Squadron. Halifax # JD147 was turning towards the target, Wuppertal, Germany, when it was hit by cannon fire from a Luftwaffe night fighter. The Halifax caught fire so the bomb load was jettisoned and the aircraft turned for home. As the fire could not be extinguished the crew was ordered to bail out. Sergeant Julius Bjorn Johnson, from Gimli Manitoba, flight engineer, age 27, and Flying Officer Robert Oscar Evans Goodwin, Wireless Air gunner from Niagara Falls, Ontario, age 20, were both killed trying to extinguish the fuselage fire. Four RAF members of the crew bailed out and were taken prisoner. Jost had just begun his second tour when he was killed. He is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Holland, along with Sgt. Johnson. F/O Goodwin is buried in Roemond, Holland. George Sweanor, one of the survivors of the 419th Squadron, had this to share:"Here are the names of the four who bailed out and became prisoners of war: Flight Sergeant A.W.A. Bruce, bomb aimer, Royal New Zealand Air Force, and 3 Royal Air Force: Sgt. E.B. Pope, navigator, Flight Sergeant L. Barker, mid-upper gunner, and Sergeant R.E. Austin, rear gunner. Their aircraft was a Halifax Mark II, VR-C (VR was 419 Squadron’s identity code). They took off from Middleton St. George at 2240 (10:40 PM), 25 Jun 1943. This data is from my friend Rob Davis of Telford, Shropshire, England, who maintains a data base of all Bomber Command losses. Burton Jost earned the Distinguished Flying Cross during his first tour of 30 operations. The survival rate in Bomber Command averaged 5 operations, so Burton exceeded that by far. I was shot down on my 17th. Only 17% of those shot down survived. Burton was among the 83% who did not." With the assistance of Diane Vorpaieff, a native of Guysborough and friend of the Josts, a photo was found of Burt Jost, taken June 12, 1942, a year before his death. Burt is second from the right, facing forward.419th Canadian Squadron Leader D.L. Wolfe Regina (second from left) , introduces his flight to England's King George VI (middle, facing left) while Group Captain D. Macfadyen (extreme left), station commander, listens.The three officers facing his Majesty are: Pilot Officer A.C. Raine, Brampton, Ont.; Pilot Officer Bert Jost and Pilot Officer H.W. Thompson, Oxford, N.S.National Defence Image Library of Canada, PL-7816 UK-1598 See alsohttp://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2645745http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1943/3/jostburton.htmlMission: WuppertalDate: 24/25th June 1943 (Thursday/Friday)Unit: No. 419 R.C.A.F. Squadron (Moose)Type: Halifax IISerial: JD147Code: VR-CBase: R.A.F. Middleton St.George, County DurhamLocation: Roermond, NetherlandsPilot: Fl/Lt. Burton Norris Jost D.F.C. J/7433 R.C.A.F. Age 31 Killed (1)Fl/Eng: Sgt. Julius Bjorn Johnson R/71026 R.C.A.F. Age 27 Killed (2)Nav: Sgt. Ernest Bailey Pope 1069568 R.A.F. P.O.W. Stalag 357 KopernikusAir/Bmr: Fl/Sgt. Ashley William Alfred Bruce NZ412786 R.N.Z.A.F. POW Stalag Luft L6 HeydekrugW/Op/Air/Gnr: F/O. Robert Oscar Evans Goodwin J/15706 R.C.A.F. Age 24 KilledAir/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Lesley Barker 1379386 R.A.F. P.O.W. Stalag Luft L6 HeydekrugAir/Gnr: F/O. Robert Edward Austin 545864 R.A.F. P.O.W. Stalag 357 KopernikusREASON FOR LOSS:After taking off from its base at 20:40 hours, Halifax JD147 was intercepted en route to the target over the Netherlands by a night fighter flown by Obw. Reinhard Kollak of 7/NJG-4. Kollak’s first attack missed its mark and he narrowly avoided being hit by return fire from the tail gunner F/O. Austin. Bringing his Me110 back around behind and further below the Halifax he made sure of his aim. Canon shells ripped into the starboard wing and outer engine starting a fire which soon spread to the fuselage despite all efforts by Sq/Ldr. Jost and his crew to extinguish the blaze.Left to right, top row: Fl/Lt. Jost D.F.C. (Courtesy Gordon Drysdale), Sgt. Johnson (Courtesy Johann Johnson), Sgt. Pope (Courtesy Betty Pope).Left to right, lower row: Fl/Sgt. Bruce (Courtesy Mavis Bruce), Fl/Sgt. Barker (Courtesy Margery Barker), F/O. Austin (Courtesy Robert Austin)All photo's graciously supplied via Roerstreek Museum, NetherlandsSeeing that their aircraft was doomed, the crew jettisoned the bomb load and prepared to bale out. Sq/Ldr. Jost and the Flight Engineer Sgt. Julius Johnson wrestled with the controls trying to maintain height and a level flight path for the others to jump. Witnesses on the ground saw flares being fired from the crippled Halifax as Jost tried desperately to find open ground in an apparent attempt to make a crash landing. The navigator, Sgt. Ernest Pope, bomb aimer, Fl/Sgt. Ashley Bruce and the gunners, Fl/Sgt. Barker and F/O. Austin all made successful landings. The last to jump was the wireless operator F/O. Goodwin but by this time the Halifax was very low and heading for the town of Roermond. Staying at the controls, Jost and Johnson managed to turn the burning aircraft, which was now starting to break up in mid air, 180 degrees away from the town. Large pieces of the aircraft and incendiary bombs were scattered over a wide area causing several fires to be started. Finally the cockpit and a large section of the fuselage crashed on to the Hammer Feld between the village of Herten and Roermond.After the local firemen had arrived and extinguished the blazing wreckage, the bodies of Jost and Johnson were found in the remains of the cockpit. The body of F/O. Goodwin was not found by the German military until fourteen days later having succumbed to the injuries he sustained after his parachute failed to open.Sq/Ldr. Jost was a natural leader and pilot who, only one year after gaining his wings, had completed his first tour of 31 operations against the enemy. In the London Gazette Supplement published on November 6, 1942 it was announced that he had been awarded a D.F.C. After leaving school Jost graduated in engineering from Dalhousie University and afterwards, when his family moved to Dover, Delaware, he attended Penn State University. On his return to Canada he went to work in the gold mines of northern Ontario. When war broke out he tried to enlist in the R.C.A.F. as a pilot but was rejected several times due to his age. His persistence however, paid off in the end as he graduated and gained his commission as a pilot officer from No.6 S.F.T.S., Dunnville, Ontario, on September 14, 1941.Not far from where the burning cockpit came to rest with Jost’s body still at the controls is a quiet street named Burton Jostweg in his honour.Johnson like Jost worked in the mines prior to enlisting in the R.C.A.F. in 1940 and was sent to England to train as a flight engineer in 1942. He had completed twenty sorties against the enemy before he was killed.Sq/Ldr. Jost (2nd from right) being introduced to King George VI, June 12, 1942. (Courtesy National Defence Image Library of Canada PL-7816 UK-1598)F/O. Goodwin the radio operator was married shortly before he was posted to England in June of 1941. He was not reinterred after hostilities ended at the request of his wife and still lies in a quiet cemetery at Roermond. Ashley Bruce who bailed out hid in a cornfield until the next day. After walking a short distance he was spotted by a farmer who gave him a change of clothes and some food. That night the farmer contacted the underground who helped him to cross into Belgium and then into France. However, upon reaching Bordeaux, he, along with twelve others, was captured and interrogated by the Gestapo before spending the rest of the war in a POW camp. While at the camp, Bruce contracted a virus which tragically led to him becoming blind two years after his release. He died in New Zealand at the age of 50 in 1971.Wellington II Z1572 VR-Q flown by Sq/Ldr. Jost on the 1000 bomber raid to Cologne, earlier in May 30/31st 1942 (Courtesy Lawrence J. Hickey collection)Fl/Sgt. Les Barker broke his back upon landing and was captured soon after. Due to the seriousness of his injuries he spent the next five months in the hospital at Roermond before being transported to Germany. After his release he underwent several more operations for his injuries and was able to return to the hospital in Roermond in 1952 to thank the doctor’s and nurse’s who had taken care of him. Barker though, continued to be in poor health as a result of his ordeal and never fully recovered. He died in 1964.Ernie Pope, who was studying to be an accountant before the war, was captured the next day after he bailed out and sent to a POW camp. While at the camp he had his wife send him his accounting text books so that he could continue his studies. Shortly after his release and return to England in 1945 he got a job as an accountant with the Shell Oil Company in London. Ernest Pope died of a heart attack in 1978.Robert Austin, after his release and return to England, continued to serve in the R.A.F. until 1957 after which he emigrated to New Zealand and transferred to the R.N.Z.A.F.Above left to right: Reinhard Kollak (Courtesy Frau Kollak) and his Borfunker Hans Herman (Courtesy Hans Herman)All photo's graciously supplied via Roerstreek Museum, NetherlandsReinhard Kollak was the highest scoring non commissioned nachtjagd pilot who, together with his Bordfunker Hans Herman, was credited with 49 victories. After the war Reinhard found it difficult to adjust to civilian life working at a number of administrative jobs for several years before he rejoined the newly founded Bundeswehr and his beloved Luftwaffe in 1956. On 6th February 1980 he died at age 65 with full military honours and his Ritterkreuz adorning his pillow.Hans Herman joined the Luftwaffe in 1938 at the age of 19 and served as Kollak’s Bordfunker until wars end. Upon his release after the German surrender, he got a job in September of 1945 with the German Federal Railroad, a position he held until his retirement.Above left to right, The street named after Sq/Ldr Jost in Roemond - the television mast in the background is where large pieces of the tail plane and wings landed. Monument erected at the crash site on the Hammerveld (All courtesy of Rob Wolters)In Roermond near the crash site a memorial has been erected by the residents in remembrance of S/L Jost and the crew of Halifax JD 147. Above graves left to right: Fl/Lt. Jost D.F.C. Sgt. Johnson (Both courtesy Frans van Cappellen), F/O. Goodwin (Courtesy C.W.G.C.)Burial details:Fl/Lt. Burton Norris Jost. Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 8 G 6.Son of Arthur C. and C. Victoria L. Jost, of Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. B.A. (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia); B.Sc. (University Penn State, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.).Sgt. Julius Bjorn Johnson. Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 8 G 7.Son of John B. and Josephine Johnson, of Gimli, Manitoba, Canada.F/O. Robert Oscar Evans Goodwin. Roermond (Kapel in ‘t Zand) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot 23 Grave 1.Son of William E. Goodwin and of Lulu Goodwin (nee Young) of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; husband of Vera May GoodwinResearched by Colin Bamford, - for Polli Jost Turner and family and all the relatives and friends of the crew of Halifax JD147.We would like to thank Mr. Theo Van der Steen, Rob Wolters, The Roerstreek Historical Society and The Air Force Museum of New Zealand for generously providing information for this page of remembrance.  (1) Jost Lake in the Northwest Territories is named after Sq/Ldr. Jost D.F.C.(2) Johnson River in Manitoba is named after Sgt. Johnson- See more at: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1943/3/jostburton.html#sthash.AC7b0xL8.dpufMission: WuppertalDate: 24/25th June 1943 (Thursday/Friday)Unit: No. 419 R.C.A.F. Squadron (Moose)Type: Halifax IISerial: JD147Code: VR-CBase: R.A.F. Middleton St.George, County DurhamLocation: Roermond, NetherlandsPilot: Fl/Lt. Burton Norris Jost D.F.C. J/7433 R.C.A.F. Age 31 Killed (1)Fl/Eng: Sgt. Julius Bjorn Johnson R/71026 R.C.A.F. Age 27 Killed (2)Nav: Sgt. Ernest Bailey Pope 1069568 R.A.F. P.O.W. Stalag 357 KopernikusAir/Bmr: Fl/Sgt. Ashley William Alfred Bruce NZ412786 R.N.Z.A.F. POW Stalag Luft L6 HeydekrugW/Op/Air/Gnr: F/O. Robert Oscar Evans Goodwin J/15706 R.C.A.F. Age 24 KilledAir/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Lesley Barker 1379386 R.A.F. P.O.W. Stalag Luft L6 HeydekrugAir/Gnr: F/O. Robert Edward Austin 545864 R.A.F. P.O.W. Stalag 357 KopernikusREASON FOR LOSS:After taking off from its base at 20:40 hours, Halifax JD147 was intercepted en route to the target over the Netherlands by a night fighter flown by Obw. Reinhard Kollak of 7/NJG-4. Kollak’s first attack missed its mark and he narrowly avoided being hit by return fire from the tail gunner F/O. Austin. Bringing his Me110 back around behind and further below the Halifax he made sure of his aim. Canon shells ripped into the starboard wing and outer engine starting a fire which soon spread to the fuselage despite all efforts by Sq/Ldr. Jost and his crew to extinguish the blaze.Left to right, top row: Fl/Lt. Jost D.F.C. (Courtesy Gordon Drysdale), Sgt. Johnson (Courtesy Johann Johnson), Sgt. Pope (Courtesy Betty Pope).Left to right, lower row: Fl/Sgt. Bruce (Courtesy Mavis Bruce), Fl/Sgt. Barker (Courtesy Margery Barker), F/O. Austin (Courtesy Robert Austin)All photo's graciously supplied via Roerstreek Museum, NetherlandsSeeing that their aircraft was doomed, the crew jettisoned the bomb load and prepared to bale out. Sq/Ldr. Jost and the Flight Engineer Sgt. Julius Johnson wrestled with the controls trying to maintain height and a level flight path for the others to jump. Witnesses on the ground saw flares being fired from the crippled Halifax as Jost tried desperately to find open ground in an apparent attempt to make a crash landing. The navigator, Sgt. Ernest Pope, bomb aimer, Fl/Sgt. Ashley Bruce and the gunners, Fl/Sgt. Barker and F/O. Austin all made successful landings. The last to jump was the wireless operator F/O. Goodwin but by this time the Halifax was very low and heading for the town of Roermond. Staying at the controls, Jost and Johnson managed to turn the burning aircraft, which was now starting to break up in mid air, 180 degrees away from the town. Large pieces of the aircraft and incendiary bombs were scattered over a wide area causing several fires to be started. Finally the cockpit and a large section of the fuselage crashed on to the Hammer Feld between the village of Herten and Roermond.After the local firemen had arrived and extinguished the blazing wreckage, the bodies of Jost and Johnson were found in the remains of the cockpit. The body of F/O. Goodwin was not found by the German military until fourteen days later having succumbed to the injuries he sustained after his parachute failed to open.Sq/Ldr. Jost was a natural leader and pilot who, only one year after gaining his wings, had completed his first tour of 31 operations against the enemy. In the London Gazette Supplement published on November 6, 1942 it was announced that he had been awarded a D.F.C. After leaving school Jost graduated in engineering from Dalhousie University and afterwards, when his family moved to Dover, Delaware, he attended Penn State University. On his return to Canada he went to work in the gold mines of northern Ontario. When war broke out he tried to enlist in the R.C.A.F. as a pilot but was rejected several times due to his age. His persistence however, paid off in the end as he graduated and gained his commission as a pilot officer from No.6 S.F.T.S., Dunnville, Ontario, on September 14, 1941.Not far from where the burning cockpit came to rest with Jost’s body still at the controls is a quiet street named Burton Jostweg in his honour.Johnson like Jost worked in the mines prior to enlisting in the R.C.A.F. in 1940 and was sent to England to train as a flight engineer in 1942. He had completed twenty sorties against the enemy before he was killed.Sq/Ldr. Jost (2nd from right) being introduced to King George VI, June 12, 1942. (Courtesy National Defence Image Library of Canada PL-7816 UK-1598)F/O. Goodwin the radio operator was married shortly before he was posted to England in June of 1941. He was not reinterred after hostilities ended at the request of his wife and still lies in a quiet cemetery at Roermond. Ashley Bruce who bailed out hid in a cornfield until the next day. After walking a short distance he was spotted by a farmer who gave him a change of clothes and some food. That night the farmer contacted the underground who helped him to cross into Belgium and then into France. However, upon reaching Bordeaux, he, along with twelve others, was captured and interrogated by the Gestapo before spending the rest of the war in a POW camp. While at the camp, Bruce contracted a virus which tragically led to him becoming blind two years after his release. He died in New Zealand at the age of 50 in 1971.Wellington II Z1572 VR-Q flown by Sq/Ldr. Jost on the 1000 bomber raid to Cologne, earlier in May 30/31st 1942 (Courtesy Lawrence J. Hickey collection)Fl/Sgt. Les Barker broke his back upon landing and was captured soon after. Due to the seriousness of his injuries he spent the next five months in the hospital at Roermond before being transported to Germany. After his release he underwent several more operations for his injuries and was able to return to the hospital in Roermond in 1952 to thank the doctor’s and nurse’s who had taken care of him. Barker though, continued to be in poor health as a result of his ordeal and never fully recovered. He died in 1964.Ernie Pope, who was studying to be an accountant before the war, was captured the next day after he bailed out and sent to a POW camp. While at the camp he had his wife send him his accounting text books so that he could continue his studies. Shortly after his release and return to England in 1945 he got a job as an accountant with the Shell Oil Company in London. Ernest Pope died of a heart attack in 1978.Robert Austin, after his release and return to England, continued to serve in the R.A.F. until 1957 after which he emigrated to New Zealand and transferred to the R.N.Z.A.F.Above left to right: Reinhard Kollak (Courtesy Frau Kollak) and his Borfunker Hans Herman (Courtesy Hans Herman)All photo's graciously supplied via Roerstreek Museum, NetherlandsReinhard Kollak was the highest scoring non commissioned nachtjagd pilot who, together with his Bordfunker Hans Herman, was credited with 49 victories. After the war Reinhard found it difficult to adjust to civilian life working at a number of administrative jobs for several years before he rejoined the newly founded Bundeswehr and his beloved Luftwaffe in 1956. On 6th February 1980 he died at age 65 with full military honours and his Ritterkreuz adorning his pillow.Hans Herman joined the Luftwaffe in 1938 at the age of 19 and served as Kollak’s Bordfunker until wars end. Upon his release after the German surrender, he got a job in September of 1945 with the German Federal Railroad, a position he held until his retirement.Above left to right, The street named after Sq/Ldr Jost in Roemond - the television mast in the background is where large pieces of the tail plane and wings landed. Monument erected at the crash site on the Hammerveld (All courtesy of Rob Wolters)In Roermond near the crash site a memorial has been erected by the residents in remembrance of S/L Jost and the crew of Halifax JD 147. Above graves left to right: Fl/Lt. Jost D.F.C. Sgt. Johnson (Both courtesy Frans van Cappellen), F/O. Goodwin (Courtesy C.W.G.C.)Burial details:Fl/Lt. Burton Norris Jost. Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 8 G 6.Son of Arthur C. and C. Victoria L. Jost, of Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. B.A. (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia); B.Sc. (University Penn State, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.).Sgt. Julius Bjorn Johnson. Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 8 G 7.Son of John B. and Josephine Johnson, of Gimli, Manitoba, Canada.F/O. Robert Oscar Evans Goodwin. Roermond (Kapel in ‘t Zand) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot 23 Grave 1.Son of William E. Goodwin and of Lulu Goodwin (nee Young) of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; husband of Vera May GoodwinResearched by Colin Bamford, - for Polli Jost Turner and family and all the relatives and friends of the crew of Halifax JD147.We would like to thank Mr. Theo Van der Steen, Rob Wolters, The Roerstreek Historical Society and The Air Force Museum of New Zealand for generously providing information for this page of remembrance.  (1) Jost Lake in the Northwest Territories is named after Sq/Ldr. Jost D.F.C.(2) Johnson River in Manitoba is named after Sgt. Johnson- See more at: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1943/3/jostburton.html#sthash.AC7b0xL8.dpuf