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Memorial Crash Lancaster ED347 Den Hout

Crash Lancaster ED347

On 20-12-1942 at 20.29 pm the bomber, Lancaster ED347, crashed near Den Hout.
The seven crew members of the British Royal Air Force all died and are buried in the Protestant cemetery in Oosterhout.
The seven victims are:

Flight Officer, Navigator, James William Lynes
Sergeant, Pilot, John William Tyreman
Sergeant, Flight Engineer, John Sykes
Sergeant, Bomb Aimer, Harold Burrows Stokes
Sergeant Air Gunner, George Clive Wing
Sergeant, Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Harry George Ford
Sergeant Air Gunner, James Hill.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar.com
  • Photos: Fedor de Vries
  • Jan Jolie

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