Steenbergen Crash Site
Monument Crash Mosquito KB 267
This Memorial is placed on the crash site of Mosquito KB 267 of Guy Gibson and J.B.Warwick in Steenbergen. Both victims are buried on the cemetery at Steenbergen.
MOSQUITO KB 267 CRASHED HERE 19 SEPTEMBER 1944
CAPTAIN WING COMMANDER G.P. GIBSON VC DSC DFC WHO
LED THE DAMBUSTERS RAID ON 16 - 17 MAY 1943
NAVIGATOR SQUADRON LEADER J.B. WARWICK DFC
BOTH OFFICERS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
OH I HAVE SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH
REACHED OUT AND TOUCHED THE FACE OF GOD