Memorial Lancaster 83 Patfinder
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BeJan52
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The memorial stands at the Propellerpad near the place Assen
Waymark Code: WMFD80
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 10/01/2012
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This monument was revealed in 1999 on the place where on 20 October 1943 a Lancaster crashed of the 83rd Pathfinder Squadron of the RAF.
The reaveling was attended by families of the crew. That happens every year at that date.
The monument exist from a large fieldclay, with ontop of that a beautiful bronze plaquette, which has ingraved a crashed Lancaster. Ofcourse the names of the crewmembers, flightgoal (Leipzig) and the date. The overall is crowned by a proppellorshaft. The original shaft was taken of by vandals.
The monument got a new one from the RAF.
Date of Dedication: 10/20/1999
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: From Assen direction Hooghalen, the viaduct, turn left towards the railway viaduct Anreep on the left, the three-way and the monument to the EXT
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Propellerpad
Assen, drenthe Nethterland
Commemoration: 20 October 1943 a Lancaster crashed of the 83rd Pathfinder Squadron of the RAF
Access times: Not listed
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