War Memorial Borgsweer

The war memorial in Borgsweer commemorates its four residents who were killed by warviolence. The four people had taken refuge in a bunker outside the village for the shelling in the area. The Allies thought it was German soldiers and shot the bunker completely flat so that the four people were killed.

The memorial also commemorates seven crew members of a downed Allied B-17F bomber of the 303rd BG (Bomb Group) on June 25, 1943 who was en route to a bombing raid on Bremen and Hamburg. The mission was hampered by bad weather and lost a total of 18 aircraft.

On the stone plaque is the following:

In memory of those who lost their lives.
30 - 03-1945
Elizabeth Melinga - van der Werf
Rikste Groenhagen - Melinga
Hijbo Groenhagen
Aries Landman


25 - 06-1945
Crew BO17F "The Avenger" 303rd BG
Norman E.Hornbacher
Robert M. Sheldon
Joseph F.Palmer
Samuel A.Holder
Edmund Gullace
Elmer E.Duffey
Burl M. Owen

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman
• Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei