Cycle Route Wings of Freedom: Crash Site Halifax Mk II, DT570, Code MP-R

In the night of December 20th-21st 1942 an attack was carried out on targets in Duisburg by the 76 Sqn. 4th Bomb group RAF Linton-on Ouse. During the attack the Halifax II, DT570 was badly hit by a German night fighter as a result of which the plane crashed in Weeze.

The dog fight (the fight in the air between planes) was done by Lt. Reinhold Knacke of the 1./NJG 1. A part of the tail of the Halifax landed in the Heekeren Street in Weeze. The other parts of the aircraft were found within a radius of 400 metres. None of the crew survived. After a reburial from Krefeld-Bockum they now lie buried at the allied war cemetery in the Reichswald near Kleve.

Crew members:
Pilot Edmund G. Jones KIA RCAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Copilot Raymond N. Pearce KIA RAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Denison Brierly KIA RAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Jack E.N. Warner KIA RAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Cecil R. Ray KIA RAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Austin R. O´Dell KIA RAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Frederick Gilder KIA RAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Leonard E. Herbert KIA RAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

The crash took place at the coordinates: 51.632486, 6.198238.


In collaboration with the municipalities of Bergen, Gennep, Mook-Middelaar and Weeze, the initiative was created for cycling routes 'Wings of Freedom' along crash locations.
In the four municipalities, 28 crash sites have been definitively confirmed. Near each crash site is a memorial sign with information about the cause of the crash. Using the network of cycling nodes, there are four routes of approximately 30 - 40 km. deployed along these places.

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Source

• Text: Werkgroep Wings of Freedom
• Photos: Werkgroep Wings of Freedom (1), Peter Schipper (2, 3, 4)
• Vliegtuigcrashroute Wings of Freedom