On Thursday, September 3, 2020, we commemorate Hilaire Gemoets former Corps - commander of the Belgian Partisans, and also a member of the Sabotage group "Group G" in Webbekom and Assent. Who was shot 76 years ago just a few days before our liberation.

We also paid tribute to the seven crew members of the Lancaster III JA976 "S for Sugar" that crashed on April 28, 1944 are resting in Webbekom. Six died in the crash, a seventh died on May 1, 1944. Pilot Blenkinsop remained alive and was able to go into hiding with the resistance, but was later arrested in a raid in Meensel-Kiezegem. He died on January 23, 1945 in Neuengamme and has a memorial on the field of honor in Meensel-Kiezegem.

Crew of Lancaster III JA976 "S for Sugar"

Flight Lieutenant ALLEN, LAWRENCE - J/14769

405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force

Died 28 April 1944 Age 26

Distinguished Flying Cross

Pilot Officer BOOTH, ROBERT ALEXANDER - C/19795

405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force

Died 28 April 1944 Age 26

Flight Sergeant BRADLEY, JAMES SYDNEY - 1314683

405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Died 28 April 1944 Age 21

Pilot Officer CLIFFORD, NICHOLAS HUGH - J/87453

405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force

Died 28 April 1944 Age 35

Pilot Officer FOSTER, LESLIE ARTHUR - J/87480

405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force

Died 28 April 1944 Age 26

Flight Lieutenant RAMSAY, DAVID - J/12973

405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force

Died 28 April 1944

Flight Lieutenant SMITH, GEORGE JOHN -  J/21564

405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force

Died 01 May 1944