Inbetween Naaldweg Nr 81 and Nr 83

The memorial plaque is located near the place where the Whitley VT4231 bomber crashed during WWII. It also pays tribute to the 5 fallen English airmen who, on Saturday 26 July 1941, returned from a bombing raid from Hannover (Germany). The bomber was shot down at 04:10 in the morning by the German 'Night Fighter' Fw Reinhard Kollack. Their plane crashed in Boven-Koersel, no one survived the crash and the five are buried in Koersel at the municipal cemetery