Dutch Reformed Church Opijnen (Opijnen) | monument, place with historical importance

Netherlands / Gelderland / Neerijnen / Opijnen / Stoepstraat

church, monument, place with historical importance

In the Church yard of this church is a Memorial to eight American B-17 crewmen
killed in action during W.W.II and are laid to rest in the churchyard.

www.91stbombgroup.com/memorials/opijnen.html
The plauqe reads:-
In gratitude
to the people of Opijnen
for honoring
eight American B-17 crewmen
killed in action here
during W.W.II
They rest in this churchyard
The American Women's Club of Amsterdam
and the Betty MacDonald Foundation
www.awca.nl/amsterdam/index.php?option=com_content&task...

www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.827987&lon=5.300441&z=19&r=0...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/rafbombercommand/#
Also in the villages around they have street named after the crew of the B17 bomber.

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Coordinates: 51°49'41"N 5°18'2"E