https://www.airwar4045.nl/
https://www.spink.com/lot/18001000047
Flight Sergeant PETER HAROLD BODE
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/49989
Short Stirling 196 Squadron L1810 ZO-B 21September 1944
A Second World War airman died in a tragic crash. Decades later, his relatives were found in Windsor, Ont.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ww2-airman-family-canada-bbc-1.7157062
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2666827/john-alexander-glenn/
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2666827?John%20Alexander%20Glenn
Young Windsor Pilot among 'Great Escape' airmen Hitler ordered killed
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/windsor-pilot-among-great-escape-airmen-hitler-ordered-killed
V1 Bomb crashes in Herpen
VI and V2s over Brabant
A number of V-Rs are hitting Brabant and Gelderland areas. including in Herpen. It makes baker Toon van den Berg go blind. Many houses are destroyed, giving the village a completely different appearance after reconstruction.
March 8, 1945: destruction caused by a crashed V-1.
Landed about 25 meters behind this house. When the V-1 fell, 5 people were present in the back of the kitchen, namely widow Bet v.d. Berg-v.d.Linden, Bertha the daughter, Antoon and Janus the sons and Karel Adriaans, who was visiting. All were wounded; one of them, Toon, went blind. There were also eight English soldiers in the attic, who were billeted; one of them died.
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