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550 Squadron and RAF North Killingholme Association
70th Anniversary of Operations from North Killingholme
Memorial Visits 2014
Commemorations 2014
During 2014 there have been a number of commemorations and memorials unveiled for 550 Squadron crews550 Squadron Association was represented at commemorations in:
France:ArtolsheimSondernachFleville
Belgium:RebecqWevelgemWesterloSint NiklaasJalhayBerinzenne
Rebecq 2014
• P/O Purney crew (JA712) crashed 27/28 May 1944 in Rebecq, 5 crew killed, 1 PoW, 1 evaded capture
• Additional plaque to the memorial for all 6 550 crews lost over Belgium was unveiled by representatives from all the 6 crash locations
• British Ambassador present and Canadian Ambassador represented
• Fly-past by the Belgian Air Force
Wevelgem2014
• P/O McCrae (LL810) crew crashed 27/28 May 1944 at Lichtervelde, crew all killed
• Crew buried in Wevelgem War Cemetery (a CWGC section of the town cemetery where 63 Commonwealth air-men are buried)
Westerlo 2014
• F/Sgt Hinde crew (DV309) crashed 21/22 May 1944 in Westerlo
• Memorial unveiled in 1998• Crash site just a few yards away from the
Memorial Stone• 5 crew buried in Schoonselhof (Antwerpen)
War Cemetery• 2 crew remembered at Runnymede
Sint Niklaas 2014
• P/O Dukelow crew (LL851) lost on 21/21 May 1944 on the operation to Duisburg crashed at Sint Niklaas
• All the crew buried in the town cemetery• Remembrance at the cemetery 31 May• Reception afterwards in the Stadhuis• Canadian Ambassador present
Jalhay 2014
• F/Sgt Jefferies crew (LM425) crashed 30/31 March 1944 in Jalhay: 4 crew killed, 3 PoWs
• Crashed in an area being used for German military operations so the survivors quickly picked up
• The dead air-crew are buried in Heverlee War Cemetery
• Fragments of the aircraft return to North Killingholme this year
Berinzenne 2014
•P/O Milburn crew (ME581) crashed 22/23 April 1944 in Berinzenne, all killed•Memorial erected in 1947 by local people•A large crater at the memorial site shows the impact of the crash•The memorial is reached after a 30min walk on wooden pathways through the fen•The crew are buried in Heverlee War Cemetery
Artolsheim 2014
• In Artolsheim, France a new memorial unveiled 12 April this year to:
• F/Lt Crawford and crew (LM392) crashed 15/16 March 1944
Sondernach 2014
• In Sondernach, France a plaque unveiled 13th April this year to:
• F/Lt Craig and crew (LL852) crashed 15/16 Mar 1944
• 6 killed, 1 PoW
Fleville 2014
• F/O Lohrey crew (RA502)• Two crew members died when the Lancaster
collided with another Lancaster, five others baled out and returned to North Killingholme
• Memorial unveiled in 1998 with three of the survivors present
• Memorial revisited 11th April this year
Aalten 2014
• S/Ldr Smith crew (ME840) failed to return on 16/17 June 1944 from a raid to Sterkrade, Germany
• F16 “missing man” fly-past by Royal Dutch Air Force 20th June this year over the spot where F/O Leslie Palfrey was found
• F/O Roy Kay (F/Eng) was the only survivor parachuting to safety and evading capture
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