Lancaster Monument Kerkrade - Pannesheiderstraat 71
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Address : | Pannesheiderstraat 71, 6462 EB Kerkrade, Netherlands |
Postal code : | 6462 |
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City : | Kerkrade |
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Het Lancaster Monument in Bleijerheide, Gemeente Kerkrade, is ter nagedachtenis aan de zeven bemanningsleden van de Australische bommenwerper die op 29 december 1943 is neergestort bij klooster van de Broeders Franciscanen in Kerkrade.
Zes van de zeven bemanningsleden kwamen hierbij om het leven, het betreft:
Flight Sergeant Maxwell Hope Squires
Pilot Officer Ambrose Edward Blight
Pilot Officer Stanley James Ireland
Sergeant Cyril Seddon
Sergeant Reginald James Poulter
Sergeant William Albert Henry Squire
Flight Sergeant Frank John Seery was de enige overlevende (overleden 2004).
Bron: Traces of war
The Lancaster Monument in Bleijerheide, Municipality of Kerkrade, commemorates the seven crew members of the Australian bomber that crashed on December 29, 1943 at the Monastery of the Franciscan Brothers in Kerkrade.
Six of the seven crew members lost their lives, these are:
Flight Sergeant Maxwell Hope Squires
Pilot Officer Ambrose Edward Blight
Pilot Officer Stanley James Ireland
Sergeant Cyril Seddon
Sergeant Reginald James Poulter
Sergeant William Albert Henry Squire
Flight Sergeant Frank John Seery was the sole survivor (died 2004).
Source: Traces of war
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