• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Date of birth:

April 15th, 1919

Date of death:

July 30th, 1943

Buried on:

American War Graves Protestant Churchyard Opijnen

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

After a bombing raid on the Messerschmitt factory in Kassel (Germany), the crew tried to get back to their base in England. But at 11:00 their B17 of the 91 Bomb Group American Air Force with the name 'Man-O-War', was shot down by German fighter planes. The plane crashed in Opijnen, eight of the ten crew members died on impact. These eight men are buried in Opijnen Protestant Churchyard. That’s remarkable because almost all other American casualties are reburied on American War Cemeteries or repatriated to the U.S.A. On special request of the people of Opijnen and the relatives of these casuals, these graves are still in Opijnen. The grave stones are different from the marble crosses used on the American War Cemeteries. They are the same as used on the great "National Cemeteries" in the U.S.A. like Arlington National Cemetery.

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• - American Women’s Club of Amsterdam
  

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