Crashsite Handley Page Halifax Mk III MZ829 KN-X Jalhay

On the site of this memorial, Halifax bomber MZ289 KN-X of 77 Squadron RAF crashed on 2 November 1944. The aircraft had left RAF Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire for a mission to Dusseldorf and was shot down by a German night fighter on the way back.

The entire crew consisting of:

Navigator H.F. Le Noury, RCAF,
Pilot R.E.B Pike, RCAF
Bomb Aimer Y.J. Lazier, RCAF
Radio operator F.J. Judges, RCAF
Gunner W.H. Hanes, RCAF
Gunner W.W. Lankin RCAF
Flight Engineer E.J. Payne, RAF

was killed in this incident. They are buried at Hotton War Cemetery.

Text on the memorial:
On this Canadian plot of land
on the 21th Sept. 1951 Mr. Albert Adans
inaugurated this Memorial
in honour of the
6 Canadian Airman
and
1 British Airman
who gave their lives for our freedom

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 5), Adri Kramer (2), Pascal De Schepper (3, 4)