AVRO Lancaster QR-F DV228 - Hei en Boeicop - NL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Andre 61
N 51° 56.847 E 005° 04.031
31U E 642071 N 5757212
propeller AVRO Lancaster QR-F DV228 - Hei en Boeicop
Waymark Code: WM19NK3
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Date Posted: 03/23/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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AVRO Lancaster QR-F DV228 - Hei en Boeicop

Op de avond van zondag 22 augustus 1943 stegen 243 AVRO Lancaster 170 Handley Page Halifax bommenwerpers en 4 Havilland Mosquito pathfinders op van verschillende Royal air Force (RAF) bases verspreid over Engeland

Hun missie was om de fabriek in leverkussen in Duitsland aan te vallen. De fabriek maakte chemicaliën en explosieven voor de Duitse oorlogsindustrie, waaronder het gas dat voor de nazi concentratiekampen werd gebruikt.

om 21:11 steeg de Lancaster QR-F met serienummer DV228 van de RAF 61

ondanks zware luchtafweer bereikten ze hun doel, de IG. Farben fabrieken in Leverkusen Duitsland.

Op de terugvlucht naar zijn basis in Syerston Engeland, werd deze RAF bommenwerper boven Hei- en Boeicop door een Duitse nachtjager, genavigeerd vanuit het radarstation Schoonrewoerd, aangeschoten, en vloog in brand het toestel verloor snel hoogte en stortte brandend rond 01:30 neer in de polder Neder Heicop, ter hoogte van deze plaquette.

Zes mannen verloren hier hun kostbare leven. Alleen sergeant S. Williamson lukte het op tijd uit het vliegtuig te springen.

Op 24 augustus 1943 werden de zes omgekomen soldaten aan de overkant op het kerkhof begraven
sergeant S.J. Banting, wireless operator/air gunner RAF
sergeant R.W. Horwood, air gunner RAF
sergeant E. Johnson, air gunner, RCAF
sergeant J. Punter, navigator, RAF
sergeant T.F. Watkins, flight engineer, RAF
officier J.A. Spencer, pilot, RAF

Op 9 september 2022 werd deze herdenkingsplaquette onthuld in aanwezigheid van drie familieleden van de omgekomen soldaten.

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AVRO Lancaster QR-F DV228 - Hei en Boeicop

On the evening of Sunday 22 August 1943, 243 AVRO Lancaster 170 Handley Page Halifax bombers and 4 Havilland Mosquito pathfinders took off from various Royal air Force (RAF) bases across England

Their mission was to attack the factory at Leverkussen in Germany. The factory made chemicals and explosives for the German war industry, including the gas used for the Nazi concentration camps.

At 21:11 the Lancaster QR-F with serial number DV228 of the RAF 61 took off

despite heavy anti-aircraft fire, they reached their target, the IG. Farben factories in Leverkusen Germany.

On the return flight to its base in Syerston England, this RAF bomber was shot down over Hei- en Boeicop by a German night fighter, navigated from the Schoonrewoerd radar station, and caught fire the aircraft quickly lost altitude and crashed burning around 01:30 in the Neder Heicop polder, near this plaque.

Six men lost their precious lives here. Only Sergeant S. Williamson managed to jump out of the plane in time.

On 24 August 1943, the six perished soldiers were buried on the opposite side of the cemetery
Sergeant S.J. Banting, wireless operator/air gunner RAF
Sergeant R.W. Horwood, air gunner RAF
Sergeant E. Johnson, air gunner, RCAF
Sergeant J. Punter, navigator, RAF
sergeant T.F. Watkins, flight engineer, RAF
officer J.A. Spencer, pilot, RAF

On 9 September 2022, this memorial plaque was unveiled in the presence of three relatives of the fallen soldiers.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Group that erected the marker: Vereniging Historisch Lexmond en Hei- en Boeicop

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
hie en boeikoopseweg
Hei- en Boeicop, Nederland


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