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Memorial Belgian Air Force

The monument was erected in 1953 in memory of the downed pilots of the Belgian Air Force.

Commemorative plaque on the monument in remembrance of five British soldiers and three Belgian citizens killed near here in the crash of the Stirling MK.IV PW422 of the 570 Sqn. RAF on November 14, 1945.
W/O Pilot Tom Hall
W/O Navigator William Walker
Sgt Flight Engineer Ronald Fair
F/Sgt Air Bomber Reginald Mavers
F/Sgt Wireless Operator Frederik Martin
The citizens were three sisters Marie, Emilie and Marguerite Van Graefschip.

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge