Sleenerzand aircraft memorial - Noord-Sleen

N 52.803066823284 / E 6.7762134533183

On the night of 14 May 1943, an English Halifax B II bomber crashed near Sleen after being hit by a German night fighter over Emmen. The plane was on its way back from a bombing raid on Bochum. All seven crew members died and were buried in Sleen cemetery. In 1945, school friends erected a monument made from the found debris. After being neglected, it was restored in 1975 and later adopted by primary school ‘De Fontein’. The monument is located in a forest plot between Schoonoord and Sleen.

Sleenerzand aircraft memorial
Middelesweg
7846 TD Noord-Sleen

Contact details
W: https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/4277/Monument-Halifax-JB892.htm

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Sleenerzand aircraft memorial - Noord-Sleen

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