Flightmission 85 Aug 1943 Rozenburg

Mission 85 was a bombing flight on August 19, 1943.
The flight had as its target, among other things, German airfields in the Netherlands, in this case Gilzee-Rijen and Woensdrecht.
More than 30 B-17 bombers dropped their load on the Gilze-Rijen airfield.
More than 1000 bombs (incendiary and explosive) fell north of the airfield.
The village of Hulten was badly hit and the train that was passing north of Hulten at that moment did not escape the rain of bombs.
A total of 23 fatalities in the vicinity of the village.
Marechaussee Quak was a passenger on the train and was probably fatally hit on the train.

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Source

• Text: Adri Kramer
• Photos: Adri Kramer