Memorial Crash Mosquito KB 267
Mosquitostraat 5, Steenbergen
North Brabant, Netherlands, the
This Memorial is placed on the site of the crash of the Mosquito KB 267 in Steenbergen. G.P. (Guy) Gibson and J.B.Warwick were killed. Both victims are buried on the cemetery at Steenbergen. Text on the Memorial: [i]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[/i]
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