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Memorial Lancaster KB728

KB 728 was a 419 Squadron Lancaster. It exploded in mid- air, following a combat with a night-fighter and crashed 01:30 hrs 17June 1944 alongside the Huissensedijk and close to the Dutch Reformed Church at Elden.

De text on the plaque is:
ON JUNE THE 17TH 1944 A LANCASTER BOMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIRFORCE CRASHED. DE ENTIRE CREW WAS KILLED:
E. FAHEY 21 YEARS
H. FLETCHER 22 YEARS
A.F. HUPMAN 30 YEARS
C.S. JOHNSTON 21 YEARS
P.J. McMANUS 27 YEARS
D. MORISSON YEARS
G.E. QUINN 26 YEARS

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Source

  • Text: Arjan Vrieze
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze

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