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This section consists of memorials to
downed 100th Bomb Group airmen. These memorials are scattered
throughout Europe. Please help us
populate this new section.
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William E. Baldwin Crew |
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Location: Watermolenweg
(Southern part of Texel island, The Netherlands)
Date: 30th October 2005
Monument initiative: Jan Kikkert (Den Hoorn, Texel)
Monument text: Wilhelm Bakker (Den Hoorn, Texel)
Information supplied by: Bram van Dijk (Oosterend, Texel)
Photographer: Annette Nieuwenhuis-van Koutrik (Den Burg,
Texel)
Pictures provided by: Jan Nieuwenhuis (Den Burg, Texel)
Remarks: Boulder collected by fishing boat TX 68 (Oudeschild,
Texel)
See the
William E. Baldwin crew page for more information on this series
of three photos.
A moment of contemplation and remembrance at the crash site.
L to R: Dan Bergen, Jr., Mary-Virginia Smith (Baldwin) in red coat
(older sister of William Baldwin), Erik Bergen, Melony Bergen (Lt.
Baldwin's niece), Marja Kikkert (Daughter of Jan Kikkert), Jan
Kikkert (at 14 years of age, he heard the whine of the engines just
prior to the crash), Dan Bergen. (Photo taken by Harry de
Graff of Texel Island.
The Luchtvaartmuseum Museum there on Texel is definitely worth
the time and visit. They have invested a significant amount of
hours and resources to make it very interesting. In these two
photos we are gathered with a propeller of the B-17 (Rose-O'Day),
which crashed off Texel on March 4, 1943.
Mary-Virginia Smith (Baldwin) and her daughter Melony Bergen
looking at the roadside monument facing the field where Lt. Baldwin
and crew crashed.
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John P. Keys Crew |
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Dear Mr. Faley,
I have the honor to announce you the inauguration of the memorial in
homage to the crew of 1st / Lt John P. KEYS to Périgny on August 8,
2004. In the presence of the widow of Alvin W. SAMUELSON and the
family of Gilbert A. BORBA. 300 persons participated in the
ceremony.
The memorial was inaugurated at 12h32. Hour of the explosion of B17
above Périgny. The 65 inhabitants of Périgny mobilized themselves to
honour the crew.
On Saturday , August 7, 2004, a ceremony in homage to the crew took
place in the Colleville sur Mer's American cemetery in front of a
large crowd. Then, the families have the immense honor to come down
and to fold the two flags of the cemetery. The next day, the
memorial was inaugurated.
On Monday , August 9, a private ceremony was organized on the place
of the tragedy. A commemorative tablet was inaugurated in the place
where were the bodies of the airmen in had been interred in 1944.
During these days, emotion was big.
Sincerely yours
Yann
See the
John P. Keys crew page for more information on this series
of four photos. |
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