Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 7, 2013 15:18:43 GMT 12
Paul McSweeny of Pioneer Aero Ltd of Ardmore has kindly sent this through to me. They received it as a comment added to their website and he thought it deserves a wider audience. I agree.
In our local newspaper here in Oegstgeest in Holland, I read that on 11 November 2013 a memorial service will be conducted for Sergeant Ron Gravett.
70 years ago Gravett was shot down by the Germans while attacking a train, ready for departure, at the Leiden train station. Gravett attacked the train with a colleague, both flying a Hawker Typhoon.
The attack was succesful, but Gravett's plane was hit by German anti-aircraft guns and crashed in Leiden.
Sergeant Gravett is buried at the cemitry of Oegstgeest,a village adjacent to Leiden.
We are grateful to Sergeant Gravett and all the others who made such big sacrificies during WWII, enabling us Dutchies to live in freedom.
Great to see that you are restoring and preserving the Typhoon's successor, the Hawker Tempest !!
Jaap de Hoog, Oegstgeest
In our local newspaper here in Oegstgeest in Holland, I read that on 11 November 2013 a memorial service will be conducted for Sergeant Ron Gravett.
70 years ago Gravett was shot down by the Germans while attacking a train, ready for departure, at the Leiden train station. Gravett attacked the train with a colleague, both flying a Hawker Typhoon.
The attack was succesful, but Gravett's plane was hit by German anti-aircraft guns and crashed in Leiden.
Sergeant Gravett is buried at the cemitry of Oegstgeest,a village adjacent to Leiden.
We are grateful to Sergeant Gravett and all the others who made such big sacrificies during WWII, enabling us Dutchies to live in freedom.
Great to see that you are restoring and preserving the Typhoon's successor, the Hawker Tempest !!
Jaap de Hoog, Oegstgeest
