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Bad Münder am Deister

Memorial for Belgian Air Force Pilots Lt. Jan Loyens and Sgt. Alois Vertongin

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Bad Münder am Deister

Memorial for Belgian Air Force Pilots Lt. Jan Loyens and Sgt. Alois Vertongin

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Memorial for Belgian Air Force Pilots Lt. Jan Loyens and Sgt. Alois Vertongin

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    Location: Bad Münder am Deister, Hameln-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany

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    March 27, 2020

    Memorial to crashed pilots

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      May 12, 2018

      In memory of the crash

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        May 28, 2022

        On Tuesday morning, October 17, 1962, shortly after eleven o'clock, two E 84 jet fighters drilled into the Hohe Egge, which at 440 meters is the highest point of the Süntel. The two pilots of the Belgian machines were shredded. They had taken part in an army exercise and were on their way back to their base in Kleinebrogel, Belgium. It is still a mystery how the accident happened, whether the two fighters collided in the air before the crash or crashed into the Süntel due to poor visibility.

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          May 10, 2018

          At this point, on October 16, 1962, two pilots of the Belgian Air Force died when their aircraft crashed.
          A memorial stone commemorates this accident.

          Further information: hoefingen.net/suentel/homesued.htm

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            March 27, 2020

            Memories linger forever

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              March 13, 2021

              I think it's good when such memorial stones are put up out of respect for those who lost their lives.

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                May 24, 2022

                Between the Süntelturm and the former NATO base on the Hohe Egge slope, this memorial stone commemorates the Belgian pilots who died in 1962

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                  April 15, 2023

                  Narrow stony ascent to the Süntelkamm with a monument.

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                    February 13, 2019

                    Monument to downed Starfighter pilots

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