Steenbergen Crash Site

Monument Crash Mosquito KB 267

This Memorial is placed on the crash site of Mosquito KB 267 of  Guy Gibson and J.B.Warwick in Steenbergen. Both victims are buried on the cemetery at Steenbergen.

 

MOSQUITO KB 267 CRASHED HERE 19 SEPTEMBER 1944

CAPTAIN WING COMMANDER G.P. GIBSON VC DSC DFC WHO

LED THE DAMBUSTERS RAID ON 16 - 17 MAY 1943

NAVIGATOR SQUADRON LEADER J.B. WARWICK DFC

BOTH OFFICERS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY

OH I HAVE SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH

REACHED OUT AND TOUCHED THE FACE OF GOD