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Guynemer Memorial, Poelkapelle

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Guynemer Memorial, Poelkapelle

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    Location: Langemark - Poelkapelle, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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    August 27, 2022

    Cycling

    Memorial for the deployment of British tanks in Flemish fields 1917

    The only monument on the Flemish front for Tank Corps and the Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps. Memorial was …
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    August 23, 2022

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    In the center of Poelkapelle you will find the Guynemer Monument, as a tribute to the French pilot Georges Guynemer. With 53 aerial combat victories he is rightly a pioneer in war aviation. On September 11, 1917, German troops shot Guynemer down over Poelkapelle. His body was never found. This memorial was unveiled in July 1923. A stork adorns the top of the monument and thus refers to the 'Escadrille des Cigognes', the unit to which Guynemer belonged.
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    September 28, 2023

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    Striking monument, consisting of six bundled columns, with a bronze stork with hanging wings on top.
    This refers to the Escadrille des Cigognes (stork squadron) of which the French pilot …
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    Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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