Mosquito monument Woubrugge, Netherlands
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Mosquito monument in Woubrugge dedicated to the pilots of the crashed Mosquito aircraft.
Waymark Code: WMMZQ5
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 11/29/2014
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Mosquito monument in Woubrugge (municipality Kaag en Braassem) is dedicated to the pilots of the crashed Mosquito aircraft and thus to all who gave their lives for peace, freedom and democracy. De Haviland Mosquito collapsed on the night of 21 on July 22, 1944 down in a pasture at Woubrugge. Pilot Francis L. Grimwood and navigator Frederick B. Woodman died during the crash.
The rest of the remains can be seen in the Crash museum in Aalsmeerderbrug.
Text:
'DENKEND AAN HEN DIE GAVEN
OPDAT WIJ ONTVINGEN
1940-1945'.
'IN DE NACHT VAN 21 OP 22 JULI 1944 IS DE
ENGELSE JACHTBOMMENWERPER MOSQUITO PZ-174,
23TH SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE, NEERGESTORT TE WOUBRUGGE.
BEIDE BEMANNINGSLEDEN ZIJN HIERBIJ OM HET LEVEN GEKOMEN.
PILOT FLIGHT LIEUTENANT FRANCIS L. GRIMWOOD RAF (VR) 22 YEARS
NAVIGATOR PILOT OFFICER FREDERICK B. WOODMAN RAF (VR) 21 YEAR'.
Date of Dedication: 07/03/2009
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: behind the church in Woubrugge
Access times: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Kerkstraat 4
Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland Nederland
2481
Commemoration: Dutch soldiers during WW2
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