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Dambuster Crew S for Sugar Monument

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On 17-05-2018 it was 75 years ago that the Avro Lancaster AJ-S crashed during the flight to the Sorpe dam in Nazi Germany at Gilze-Rijen airbase.

After being hit by German anti-aircraft fire above Molenschot, the aircraft was caught by a searchlight, placed at the airbase. As a result, the pilot may also have been blinded and, whether or not in combination with the damage the aircraft already had, the plane crashed. Here, the entire crew has died. They are buried in the war cemetery in Bergen op Zoom.

Now, almost 75 years later, finally these men have  received a monument to the exploits they have made to change the course of the war and thus liberate the Netherlands. 

Together with a small group of devotees, conversations were held with the air base commander and the Tradition Room at Gilze-Rijen Air Base. A monument was unveiled on the 4th of May. And not by anyone! Mr. Lewis Burpee, the son of the late Pilot Officer Lewis Burpee DFM travelled from Canada to The Netherlands to unveil the monument and to visit his fathers grave.

The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight recognizes the value of this homage and attented the unveiling and performed a flyby with their Avro Lancaster.


The devotees have put in their part of funding the monument but this is by far not enough.
That's why this crowdfunding page will continue.
The aim is quite simple: please help us to pay for the monument and costs made for the unveiling. Please donate an amount that you can easily miss.

As you can see in the movie, the unveiling was moving and emotional. The monument itself has received many heartwarming compliments. The text is simple and straight forward: it's all about the crew.

For people who donate € 75 or more we can do something in the form of a invitation to visit the monument in a private setting or a very beautiful canvas of an Avro Lancaster Dambuster.

PLEASE HELP US!

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Sander Eagle
Organizer
's-Hertogenbosch, NL

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