The Royal Air Force memorial commemorates the crash of a British Avro Lancaster bomber, which went down over the marshland near Spa on the night of April 22-23, 1944. The aircraft belonged to No. 550 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force and was returning from a mission over Germany when it crashed in the dense fenland for reasons that are still not fully understood. All seven crew members – members of the British RAF and the Canadian RCAF – were killed.

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July 10, 2022

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Many places and monuments encountered along the way are a testament—still significant and relevant today—to the horrors of war and tyranny. They all serve, and this applies anew to every generation, two essential functions:

-1- To commemorate and remember the victims
-2- To urge the preservation of peace

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December 19, 2020

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Memorial stone for those who fell in WWII

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