Memorial Crashed Lancaster Den Ham

This memorial commemorates a on this site crashed Lancaster. The monument is a colossal stone, with a text which states that on September 16, 1943 of an RAF Lancaster crashed down here. Pilot, F/Lt Leslie Gorden Knight, DSO was killed. He gave the other seven crew members the chance to leave the plane on time. The Lancaster belonged to the famous 617 Squadron (KC-N JB144). Les Knight was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1943 for taking part in Operation Chastise – the Dams raid. Knight's crew, flying in N-Nan then, attacked, hit and breached the Eder Dam.
F/Lt LGKnight is buried at the General Cemetery in Den Ham.

Picture 3 shows the carriage of the coffin with the body of F/Lt Leslie Gorden Knight from the wreck into a mourning coach, the morning after the crash.

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Source

• Text: Lammert Melk / Arjan Vrieze
• Photos: Lammert Melk (1,2) & Stefan Hendriks (3)