Memorial Dutch Airmen
This memorial commemorates Willem Hijkoop (aged 30) and Anton-Marie ten Herkel (aged 22), two sergeant pilots of 320 Squadron (Dutch), based at RAF Leuchars, who died here on 10 August 1941 in the crash of a Lockheed Hudson bomber.
"They gave their lives for their country's liberation".
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: James Allan
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