June 13, 1944     Commemoration 75 year Lancaster LM158      June 13, 2019

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Photo Antoinette Martijnse.

 

This commemorative sign or "LM158-Memorial-2019" was unveiled on 3 May 2019 due to the 75-year commemoration of the Lancaster LM158 crash on 13 June 1944 at 1:30 am. This was done at the initiative of Mr. J.P.Veen from Eerbeek and it is placed at a tourist picnic spot near the Soerense Zand / Den Texweg junction. It is a pole, sawn from inland oak from an oak tree that grew in the surroundings of Eerbeek. There is a plaque attached with a QR code with a link to a web page with a lot of information.

The commemorative sign was realized with the cooperation of "Hout en Bos" Eerbeek, "Veco Precision" Eerbeek (plaque), the "Committee May 4 commemoration Eerbeek" and the municipality of Brummen.

The RAF bomber LM158 crashed at coordinates 52 ° 05 "24.8" NB / 6 ° 04 "23" OL

In 2019, that is a forest plot between the Wilhelmina van Pruissenlaan and the Juliana van Stolberglaan in Eerbeek.

Peter Cocker, one of the sons of the crew member Eric Royston Cocker, came directly from Australia on 3 May to attend the annual commemoration at the Hall cemetery on 4 May. He wanted to pay a visit to the location where his father died before the commemoration.

On 3 May 2019 a brief memorial event took place at 3 pm on the Wilhelmina van Pruissenlaan. After this moment of commemoration at which there was a large audience, all those present went to the Soerense Zand / Den Texweg intersection. There, the commemorative sign "LM158-Memorial-2019" was unveiled. The program was musically framed by the "48th Highlanders of Holland Pipes and Drums" from Apeldoorn.

 

The unveiling was performed by the mayor of Brummen Mr. A. van Hedel, with Peter Cocker.

The unveiling of LM158-Memorial-2019 therefore took place earlier than the initial intention: 13 June 2019. But the unexpected presence of Peter Cocker on 3 May led to a faster realization. Everyone has great appreciation for this.

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Photo Antoinette Martijnse.

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Photo Antoinette Martijnse.

 

The text on the plaque:

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 For more information about the LM158 and the crew:

www.kinderen-in-eerbeek.nl/Information-LM158.htm

or follow the QR code: