Memorial Captain René Dethier
Monument to remember Captain René Dethier, fallen at the first air attack of the Germans on the aerodrome of Neerhespen on 10 May 1940.
Captain Dethier was the first Belgian military victim of the Second World War.
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- Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
- Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
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