Memorial George Roney
Groeneweg, Schoondijke
Zeeland, Netherlands, the
Memorial for George Roney, pilot of Spitfire LF.IX, PV160 The text on the memorial is:[i] On 6 October 1944, during Operation Switchback, twelve Spitfires of 33 Squadron Royal Air Force took off from Merville in France to strafe and bomb German positions in the Breskens area. During the mission three Spitfires were shot down by German anti-aircraft and one airman was killed. That airman was George Roney from New-Zealand. The wreckage containing George's remains, was not salvaged until 9 June 1948. Three days later George was buried in the [towid]18632,cemetery in Schoondijke[/towid].[/i]
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