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RAF 38:  ‘And Fifty Nine of Our Aircraft Have Failed to Return’
Kenneth Webb Kenneth Webb

RAF 38: ‘And Fifty Nine of Our Aircraft Have Failed to Return’

Flt Lt Ken Webb, the nephew of Sgt Plt Kenneth E Webb, giving an Address at the Memorial Ceremony on 4 August 2018.
I remember this point well. I was remarking that beneath me, the pilot and crew had come to rest, where I stand is the exact outward reach of the shattered cockpit perspex during excavations, and no one in my family would have thought that this would one day happen. That it did, is entirely due to the tireless work of IG HEIMATFORSCHUNG Rheinland-Phalz and the lead archaeologist, Erik Wieman. KTW

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RAF 34: Short Stirling BK716 HA-J (Revised Edition)

RAF 34: Short Stirling BK716 HA-J (Revised Edition)

1:2 This superb monument is in Almere, near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Partly made with the engine of Short Stirling BK716 from 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn that was salvaged from the Markermeer. It flew from RAF Downham Market, Norfolk.
2:2 Amongst the wreckage were the remains of the crew (five British and two Canadian) who will be buried in Jonkerbos Military cemetery today. Source: Battlefields Experience, the link to which can be found in this Paper.

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