Liberation Route Audio spot Niederkruchten - The crash of Lancaster ED737

Liberation Route luisterplek Niederkrüchten - De Crash van Lancaster ED737
Alte Burgstrasse
41372
NIEDERKRÜCHTEN

Liberation Route audio spot

The Liberation Route lets you experience what happened in 1944 and 1945 in the Netherlands and the German border region. At more than 20 locations in Limburg, there are Maas boulders with a Liberation Route audio spot.

Liberation Route audio spot in Niederkruchten

At each Liberation Route audio spot, you can listen to a radio play about the impressive experiences of one or more people during the last years of the war. In Roermond, you can listen to the story of The Crash of Lancaster ED737.

The Crash of Lancaster ED737

On the night of 16-17 June 1943, a heavily loaded Lancaster bomber takes off from Bottesford to carry out a bombing raid on Cologne. The aircraft is shot at en route by a German night fighter and explodes. The debris comes down near Niederkrüchten and a few houses on Lamertzweg collapse. There are civilian casualties including children. Another drama follows the crash....

Click here to listen to the recording: 'The Crash of Lancaster ED737'