Memorial "Jolly Duck" - Zoeterwoude, Netherlands
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member naj16
N 52° 05.499 E 004° 29.923
31U E 602674 N 5772291
Monument for crashed American B-24H Liberator
Waymark Code: WMPF1Q
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 08/21/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
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The Crash
The plane clipped a dike, breaking off the nose wheel. It then flew just off the ground for a few hundred yards before touching down and ripping the main landing gear off at the wings. It narrowly missed a farmhouse, but its right wing cut off the tops of some fruit trees. The nose finally hit a dike on the other side of the farm and the ship came to an abrupt halt. The propellers were bent and the nose was broken off by the force of the impact. Otherwise, the plane was largely intact. The crew had no serious injuries, although everyone was badly bruised by the landing and several faces were bloody from being thrown around the plane. S/Sgt Lingle had the worst injury, a badly sprained ankle.

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Commemoration: crew Jolly Duck

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