Crash Site Liberator B-24 "Prodigal Son"
An American Liberator B-24 bomber crashed here on 11 January 1944. The following crew members were killed in the crash:
Harold E. White
Jim Biggerstaff
Raymond L. Thurber
Harvey E. Smith
Willard R. Malwitz
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Bert Deelman
Nearby
Point of interest
- Remains German Shooting Range Beilen - Beilen
- Bomb Craters Zuid Hijkerzand - Hijken
- Veenhoopsbrug Smilde - Smilde
Monument
- War Memorial Dwingelo - Dwingelo
- Monument Christiaan Kuiper - Dwingelo
- Memorial Builders Emergency Bridge Dieverbrug - Dieverbrug
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Diever - Diever
- Dutch War Graves Diever - Diever
- Commonwealth War Graves Hoogersmilde - Hoogersmilde
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stone Beilervaart 80 - Beilen
- Stumbling Stone Rijksweg 235 - Smilde
- Stumbling Stone Bosweg 4 - Smilde
Fortification
- German Shelters Wittelte - Wittelte
- Remains German Anti-tank Ditch Hoogersmilde - Hoogersmilde
- German Anti-tank Ditch Zuid Hijkingerzand - Hijken
Crash site
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