Lancasterdijk Pilots Memorial
Details:
On the east side of the road, next to a large pond. Monument A two-meter high and two-meter wide monument which consists of a wooden frame on which the propeller of a Lancaster and plaques were mounted. On February 15, 1944, the Lancaster ND363 PM-K crashed at the site where this monument stands. The monument commemorates the 189 Allied war pilots who died on or near Texel during the Second World War where more than 40 planes have crashed. Most victims are buried on the Commonwealth property at Den Burg General Cemetery. It was unveiled on 4 May 1984 by former war pilot P. van Hessen. The monument also honors American airman Eugene Darter who was killed on Texel on 16 December 1943.
Monument Text:
Plaque on the front:
MET DIT MONUMENT
EERT TEXEL DE
GEALLIEERDE OORLOGS-
VLIEGERS, OMGEKOMEN
OP OF NABIJ TEXEL
IN DE 2e WERELDOORLOG
PROPELLER VAN EEN
LANCASTER BOMMENWERPER
English translation:
TEXEL HONORS WITH THIS MONUMENT
THE ALLIED WAR PILOTS,
DIED ON OR NEAR TEXEL
IN WORLD WAR II
PROPELLER OF ONE
LANCASTER BOMBER THROWER
Plaque on the left side:
In Memory of
Eugene Darter
S/Sgt US AAF
95th BG
World War II
Died
16 December 1943
Texel, Netherlands
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
95th Bomb Group (Heavy)
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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