Crash Location Hawker Typhoon MN 954 PR-U

On 28 September 1944, the Hawker Typhoon MN 954 PR-U of 609 Squadron crashed at this site. The aircraft had left with three other Typhoons from an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG-B53) near Merville for a patrol over the Netherlands. The Typhoon was hit by anti-aircraft fire while attacking barges on the Lek river near Kinderdijk and came down the Kortland polder in Alblasserdam.

The crash killed the Belgian-born Royal Air Force pilot Flight Lieutenant Jean-Noël VanDaele.

An information board and stone was placed at the spot where the plane crashed in 2019.

The grave of Belgian pilot Jean-Noël VanDaele lies among four other war graves at the Oude Torenhof general cemetery on the Kerkstraat in Alblasserdam.

The remains of the plane were recovered in February/March 2024. It lay about 6 metres deep in the peat soil and ammunition, the engine, one of the board guns, parts of the fuselage, oxygen tanks and the seat were found, among other things. The wings were already taken by the Germans after the crash.

The intention is to put the found remains on display in Alblasserdam one day.

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Source

• Text: Judith Dalm-Plug en Traces of War
• Photos: Judith Dalm-Plug (1, 2, 3), Bel.memorial.org (4), Jan de Jager (5, 6)
• https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/aankondiging-28-09-2019-onthulling-monument-typhoon-alblasserdam/