memorial plaques

Plaque 1: commemorates three allied airmen who died in 1944 in Melkwezer and Drieslinter.

1st Luitenant Pilot Olgar Ivan AAL, US Army Air Forces, Melkwezer 29 augustus 1944.

Mosquito NF.XIX MM678 – 157 Sqdn – 6 October 1944

Took off 1805 6 Oct 1944 from Swannington in support of the Main Force Dortmund operation.

Crew

Pilot Officer William Searle VALE (401553) RAAF  Brussels Town Cemetery: X. 23. 26.

Flight Lieutenant Alfred Edward David ASHCROFT (112736) Navigator RAF Brussels Town Cemetery: X. 23. 25.

Plaque2:

Military:

CERULUS Alfons, killed in action at Ypres on May 26, 1940;

Captain Commander LINDEKENS Adolf Vital, killed in captivity in Prenzlau (D) on January 9, 1943;

SALMON Louis, killed in action at Maldegem on May 27, 1940;

MOMMENS Pierre, killed in action at Drieslinter on 11 May 1940;

VAN ACKER Leon, killed in action at Drieslinter on 13 May 1940.

Citizens:

PEETERMANS Jozef, died in Rees (D) on March 23, 1945;

ROSSEELS Eduard, died in Tienen on 9 July 1945;

VAN ESH Remi, died in Cologne (D) on November 20, 1944.