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Input Aircraft
Aircraft	Database entry
Fokker G-1	G-1
Fokker D.21	D-XXI
Douglas D8	D8
Fokker C.5	C-V
Fokker T-8	T-8
Arado 66	Ar 66
Messerschmitt 109	Bf 109
Messerschmitt 262	Me 262
Dakota (RAF)	Dakota
C-47 (USAAF)	C-47
Fotress (RAF)	Fortress
B-17 (USAAF)	B-17
DeHavilland Moth	D.H.60
Fieseler Storch	Fi 156
Focke Wulf 200	Fw 200

Input Date
Date	Database entry
22nd June 43	22-06-43
15th October 42	15-10-42
5th March 43	05-03-43

Input Unit
Unit	Database entry
all on KG 4	/KG 4
all on JG 1	/JG 1
4FG/335FS	/335FS
all on 106 Sqdn	106 Sqdn
91BG/323BS	323BS
1 Lvr	1 Lvr

Monument chart: M0241
Monument Name	T/R Number
Crashpaal Hampden AT154	T1565
Date unveiling	Street	City	Zipcode	Province
	Steiger Veerboot Enkhuizen	Medemblik	1671 AW	Noord-Holland

Description
The marking pole has a length of approximately 4 meters, on top of the pole there is an airplane with a length of approximately 80 cm: a galvanized tube, sprayed in blue and white with a steel airplane, sprayed in signal red. The post goes 1 meter into the ground. The information board indicates the type of aircraft, the crew members, home base and destination of the aircraft and the cause of the crash.
The memorial commemorates the residents of Medemblik, that in the morning of June 3, 1942 an English Hampden crashed into the IJsselmeer, approximately 1 kilometer east of Medemblik. On the night of 2 to 3 June 1942, 195 Royal Air Force bombers, including Lancasters and Hampdens, were sent out to bomb the Krupp factories in Essen. The Hampden AT154 had taken off from Balderton airport in England at 23:26. At 01.06 hours the Hampden was shot down from the air by a German Messerschmitt Bf 110 night fighter from Leeuwarden airport on its outward flight to Essen.

Description

The marking pole has a length of approximately 4 meters, on top of the pole there is an airplane with a length of approximately 80 cm: a galvanized tube, sprayed in blue and white with a steel airplane, sprayed in signal red. The post goes 1 meter into the ground. The information board indicates the type of aircraft, the crew members, home base and destination of the aircraft and the cause of the crash.

History

The memorial commemorates the residents of Medemblik, that in the morning of June 3, 1942 an English Hampden crashed into the IJsselmeer, approximately 1 kilometer east of Medemblik. On the night of 2 to 3 June 1942, 195 Royal Air Force bombers, including Lancasters and Hampdens, were sent out to bomb the Krupp factories in Essen. The Hampden AT154 had taken off from Balderton airport in England at 23:26. At 01.06 hours the Hampden was shot down from the air by a German Messerschmitt Bf 110 night fighter from Leeuwarden airport on its outward flight to Essen.

Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

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