Munument "Halifax B II
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BeJan52
N 52° 48.233 E 006° 46.486
32U E 349998 N 5852774
This monument stands in the forest Sleenerzand
Waymark Code: WMFY4Q
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 12/16/2012
Views: 9
Returning from a bombing in the industrial area in Bochum (part using a fleet of 446 bombers) collapsed on May 14, 1943 night at 02:30 pm the 4-engined English bomber Halifax BII (JB 829 KN-E, part of the 77th squadron) down to this place, after it was shot by German night fighter over the border in Emmen.
This monument was erected in memory of the 7 crew members at a general cemetery are buried.
Date of Dedication: 04/28/1988
Property Permission: Public
Commemoration: This monument was erected in memory of the 7 crew members at a general cemetery are buried.
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