Crash Site B-24 Liberator Lil'Max

On 26 September 1944, the US B-24 Liberator crashed at this site. The aircraft was on its way back from a mission over Hamm where two engines had failed due to German anti-aircraft fire. When the third engine also failed, the crew decided to abandon the plane. Two crew members did not survive the crash, five others were captured and four managed to escape with the help of the resistance.

The monument at the spot where the plane crashed bears the following text:

446 BOMB GROUP
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE
FLIGHT 648

ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1944 CRASHED
AT THIS LOCATION AT 17:20,
WHILE RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION:

LIBERATOR B-24 J 42

IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE CREWMEMBERS
WHO DID NOT SURVIVE

THOMAS H. GILL
2/LT PILOT 24 JAAR

WILLIAM G. RAYNER
1/LT CO PILOT 24 JAAR

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Bram van der Horst (1, 2), Danny Kikkert (3, 4, 5)
• E. JANSEN, Vlucht 648.