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Memorial Fokker C5 MLD Vaals

This memorial is to commemorate the crash of a Fokker C5 of the Marineluchtvaartdienst. The aircraft crashed while on a training mission. The text on the memorial is:

ON 27 JUNE 1932 AT THIS SPOT DIED
LUITENANT T/Z 1e KL.
C.A. WEEMHOFF
ZEIST - 38 JAAR
SERGEANT VLIEGTUIGMAKER VLIEGER
W.J. NYHOFF
UTRECHT - 30 JAAR
THEY WERE LOST WHILE ON DUTY
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LET IT BE A STIMULUS TO DO OUR
DUTY FOR THE FATHERLAND
ALWAYS AND WITH THE SAME DEDICATION
AND SACRIFICE.


Next to the memorial in a sign with background information.

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Source

  • Text: Arjan Vrieze
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze

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