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Hi there Aozora! Thanks for replying. Please see my next post after that one, where my error regarding PL834's model number is corrected: 'Sorry, that should have read: "The 16 Sqdn ORBs for 20 Sept 1944 don't call this a Spitfire 'XI', unlike the pink PL834 shot down near Wolfheze the same...

Looks like the plane he crashed in couldn't have had the serial number 'PL896'. The many entries in the 542 Squadron ORBs far outweigh the single entry in the 16 Squadron ORBs. Also, the Movement Card for PL896 agrees with the former and not the latter… PL896 | hewasahero

A lot's happened recently around the ceremony itself, including several more substantial newspaper articles and a TV item. The ceremony itself was expertly handled by the organiser and 320 Squadron aficionado. There's a substantial number of photos available… hewasahero | hi! do you like...

It's very important, this kind of thing. I'm coming over for this one, in the Nijmegen paper 'De Brug' yesterday… Another imperfect English translation | hewasahero

That documentation for the unidentified airman in Wijchen is now linked to another name and plane, so still looking. It's possible that Wijchen is a red herring… Wijchen Airman Identified | hewasahero

There are a number of calendars of upcoming events commemorating 70 years since Operation Market Garden (aka Arnhem) on my blog here, from various sources… hewasahero | hi! do you like puzzles?

There's news out of Wijchen's archives… hewasahero | hi! do you like puzzles?

We're in the 6 September edition of 'De Gelderlander', the paper for the Nijmegen area. The original article and an imperfect English translation are both here on my blog… hewasahero | hi! do you like puzzles? and for more details of the ceremony please see the organiser's site… Gastenboek

We're in the 6 September edition of 'De Gelderlander', the paper for the Nijmegen area. The original article and an imperfect English translation are both here on my blog… hewasahero | hi! do you like puzzles? and for more details of the ceremony please see the organiser's site… Gastenboek

The plot has thickened on this one. The movement cards for PA893 and PL896 don't agree with the 16 Squadron ORBs. See this post on my blog… Also, the fine book "One Flight Too Many" by Jimmy Taylor (see blog post)… has on page 281 "…The sad news was received today that P/O J. R. Brodby...

The ceremony's arranged now, for 25 September. That's 70 years after the crash! It'll be in the Petruskerk in Hees, Nijmegen, a stone's throw from the crash site, and the Mayor of Nijmegen Mr. Hubert Bruls will attend, along with several members of 320 Squadron, a 95-year old eyewitness who has...

We're in the press for Nijmegen's province, Gelderland ! hewasahero | hi! do you like puzzles?

Do you recognise this document, or do you even have a similar one? hewasahero | hi! do you like puzzles? Thank you all!

The ceremony is due to start at 16.30hrs… We Will Remember them and there's more about our search for relatives of the airmen… hewasahero | hi! do you like puzzles? Thanks!

Now this is a victory! Go to… hewasahero | hi! do you like puzzles?