Monument Details

Hoeksche Waard Luchtoorlog Allied Airmen Monument

Details:

On the west side of the road. Monument

A steel art structure dedicated to the 87 Allied Aircrew members who lost their lives in the area of Hoeksche Waard, a delta island in South Holland. Fifteen of the aircrew lost were members of the USAAF. Seven members are buried at Margraten American War Cemetery in Limburg, one was returned to the U.S.. There are seven names listed on the wall at Margraten as Missing in Action

Monument Text:

Place of

crash

November 5, 1943

Place of

Grave

Hollands diep 29 near

2Lt. W.C. Carr USAAF 0401752 -22 year

Missing

Strijen-Sas

1Lt. W.J. Johnson USAAF 0-678417 - 23 year

Margraten

Sgt. R.W. East USAAF 35486698 - 22 year

Missing

Sgt. R.G. True USAAF 12471791 - 22 year

Missing

Sgt J.F. Greer USAAF 34356868 - 33 year

Missing

Sgt A.R. Richard USAAF 11096678 - 20 year

Missing

Sgt. R.E. Woodyatt USAAF 36381033 - 27 year

Missing

November 11, 1943

Numansdorp

2Lt. R.B. O'Hara USAAF 0-672396-22 year

Margraten

2Lt. J.F. Wolf USAAF 0-742042 - 25 year

Margraten

2Lt. R.W. Combs USAAF 0-800230 - 21 year

Missing

S/Sgt. H.A. Jeschke USAAF 32361478 - 26 year

Margraten

S/Sgt. R.W. Hicklin USAAF 38181546 - 29 year

Margraten

Sgt. J.D. Petrus USAAF 33367122 - year

Tarnaqua, USA

S/Sgt D.E. Savage USAAF 31152417 - 22 year

Margraten

Puttershock

November 16, 1943

Willemsdorp 31

2Lt. J.L. Ryan jr. USAAF 0-801091 – year

Margraten

Commemorates:

People:

Walter Curtis Carr

Robert W. Combs

Roy Weldon East

Julius Franklin, Jr. Greer

Richard Elwood Woodyatt

Units:

331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy

535th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy

576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group

8th Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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Place of crash	November 5, 1943	Place of Grave
Hollands diep 29 near	2Lt. W.C. Carr USAAF 0401752 -22 year	Missing
Strijen-Sas	1Lt. W.J. Johnson USAAF 0-678417 - 23 year	Margraten
	Sgt. R.W. East USAAF 35486698 - 22 year	Missing
	Sgt. R.G. True USAAF 12471791 - 22 year	Missing
	Sgt J.F. Greer USAAF 34356868 - 33 year	Missing
	Sgt A.R. Richard USAAF 11096678 - 20 year	Missing
	Sgt. R.E. Woodyatt USAAF 36381033 - 27 year	Missing

	November 11, 1943
Numansdorp	2Lt. R.B. O'Hara USAAF 0-672396-22 year	Margraten
	2Lt. J.F. Wolf USAAF 0-742042 - 25 year	Margraten
	2Lt. R.W. Combs USAAF 0-800230 - 21 year	Missing
	S/Sgt. H.A. Jeschke USAAF 32361478 - 26 year	Margraten
	S/Sgt. R.W. Hicklin USAAF 38181546 - 29 year	Margraten
	Sgt. J.D. Petrus USAAF 33367122 - year	Tarnaqua, USA
	S/Sgt D.E. Savage USAAF 31152417 - 22 year	Margraten

Puttershock	November 16, 1943
Willemsdorp 31	2Lt. J.L. Ryan jr. USAAF 0-801091 – year	Margraten