Memorial R.A.F.

This plaque and a chandelier inside the church commemorate the crash of a RAF-aircraft of the 78th Squadron in World War II.

Tekst on the plaque:
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF
PILOT OFFICER F.B. THORPE R.A.F.V.R.
AND HIS COMMONWEALTH CREW
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES. SEPTEMBER 6-7TH 1941

THIS TABLET AND THE CHANDELIER ARE GIVEN
IN GRATITUDE TO THE PEOPLE OF BERGUM WHO HAVE
HONOURED AND TENDED THEIR RESTING PLACE

Names of the victims:
Geoffrey Carman, David Victor Logan, Cyril Vincent Matheson, Charles James Storer and Francis Berhard Thorpe.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Peter Schipper