Memorial "Weapon Container in the Bog" Aldeboarn

Near the Heafeartsbrêge (Hooivaartsbrug) stands a monument commemorating the arms drop that took place here on 5 January 1945. The monument is formed by a concrete block from which 2 stenguns and a weapons container protrude.

On 5 January 1945, a Halifax bomber dropped eighteen arms containers on the Wardrobe dropping field in De Deelen between Tijnje and Aldeboarn. Because the coordinates given were incorrect, the resistance group of Douwe Algra, a teacher in Tijnje, had waited in vain for an arms drop three times before . The 20 resistance fighters managed to recover the weapons and distribute them across Friesland.

The memorial was unveiled on 5 May 2024 by some relatives of Douwe Algra and is named ‘Weapon Containers in the Bog’.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Cor Keuning