File:Oorlogsmonument RAF-vliegers Bomenland, Vlieland (2014) -1.jpg

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English: War memorial commemorating the crash of the RAF 161th squadron Stirling LK209 MA T on March 23 1945 near Bomenland on the island of Vlieland in the Netherlands.
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Tegen het hierachter gelegen duin stortte op 23 maart 1945 de Stirling LK209 MA T van 161 squadron van de Royal Air Force neer.

De viermotorige bommenwerper was uitgestuurd voor een wapendropping ten behoeve van de verzetsbeweging in Nederland.

De bemanning van het toestel bestond uit: Piloot, Flight Lieutenant, Alan H. Aitken Boordwerktuigkundige, Flight Engineer, William Horrocks Navigator, Navigator, Ronald A. Caston, 23 jaar Marconist/schutter, Wireless operator/Air gunner, Reginald Swift, 22 jaar Bomrichter, Air Bomber, William L. Shaw, 22 jaar Schutter, Air Gunner, Alexander R. Paton, 24 jaar Staartschutter, Air Gunner, Joseph T. White, 23 jaar

Alleen de staartschutter Joseph White overleefde de crash.
This is an image of a war memorial in the Netherlands, number:
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Author MarcoSwart
Object location53° 16′ 21.71″ N, 4° 58′ 50.22″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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