Crashes

March 9, 1942: Wellington Z-8409 PH-P June 17, 1944: Canadian Halifax MZ-537 SE-L June 22, 1943: Hallifax HR-685 at Wamel July 14, 1943: Halifax DK 142 ZL-C December 4, 1944: Typhoon MN-237 no trespassing no trespassing December 20, 1943: Typhoon JR 316 TP

In and around Dreumel a number of planes crashed. After the war inhabitants in the village talked about it.

Very often it were stories of hear saying; people drew their own conclusions and parts of different stories were combined to a new one.
 
Every foreigner was called an "Englishman" and someone that bailed out a plane was a "pilot."
 
On these pages we will try to combine the stories and the real facts..........

 

The map gives an overview ot the crash locations.

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