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 WWII bomber crew memorial near Purmerend, The Netherlands Posted by:  eikenboom
N 52° 31.066 E 004° 52.829
31U E 627595 N 5820290
memorial to commemorate the crew of three allied bombers that crashed nearby in WWII
Waymark Code: WM5PBY
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 01/29/2009
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This memorial commemorates the following three crashes.
General text on plaque:
Gedenk de bemanning, zij vielen voor onze vrijheid
"Remember the crews, they fell for our freedom".
Monument dedicated to the following three crashed planes (date, type, registration, offset, crew):
- 9 April 1943, AVRO Lancaster, ED554, 300 m SW
- A.H. Healey
- W.L. Whitehouse
- D.E. Whitaker
- A.R. Lewis
- R. Bishop
- R.E.A. Dampier
- C.W. Kleynhans
13 May 1943, Handle-Page Halifax, HR786, 1000 m W
- C.N.V. Cogdell
- G.O. Massip de Turville
- G.W. Locksmith
- J.L. Noble
- A.J. Hendry
- R. Tunstall
- H.A. Roberts
6 March 1944, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, ??, 750 m SE
- B.E. Ballard
- H.S. Bengry
- E.J. Singer
- R.W. Johnson
- J. Nemeth
- E.E. Sowles
- V.W. Krueger
- R.C. Kracker
- R.D. Rice
- J.W. Lewis
The memorial consists of a damaged aircraft propeller on a pedestal with a plaque naming the aircraft and their crew.
A bench is provided for those wishing to spend some time commemorating and newspaper clippings about the crashes are exhibited.
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: foot path / cycle path of about 100 m leading to monument
Location of waymark:
Kanaaldijk
Purmerend, Noord-Holland The Netherlands
Commemoration: the crew of three allied bombers shot down over The Netherlands
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Include a photo containing, at minimum, the monument and your GPSr. We'd prefer a photo containing YOU at the monument, but we understand that some people are camera-shy.
Also include a bit about your visit here.
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