Memorial Crashed Aircraft Gierle

Monument to the four Allied planes that crashed in Gierle during the Second World War.

Handley-Page Halifax III LL584
578 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Crashed at the Lilse Baan in Gierle
on September 11,1944

North-American P-51 K-10 Mustang 44-12093
370th Fighter Group, 402nd Fighter Squadron, 9th Air Force
Crashed on the Vosselaarse weg in Gierle
on April 13, 1945

Consolidated B-24 Liberator 42-50673
392nd Bomb Group, 579th Bomb Squadron, 8th US Army Air Force
Crashed at the Achteraaf, Gierle
on September 18, 1944


Consolidated B-24 Liberator 42-52584
466 Bomb Group, 787 Bomb Squadron, 8 US Army Air Force
Crashed at Hemeldonk, Gierle
on May 19, 1944

The same memorial plaque is on the crash sites as on the monument.

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Source

• Text: Jhonny Bastiaensen
• Photos: Jhonny Bastiaensen