ALBLASSERDAM GENERAL CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.86184, Longitude: 4.66787
Location Information
Alblasserdam is 17 kilometres south-east of Rotterdam and 8 kilometres north of Dordrecht, on the main road from Rotterdam to 'S-Hertogenbosch. The cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the road to Oud Alblas. The one British grave is in the north-eastern part, marked by a permanent private memorial.
Alblasserdam is 17 kilometres south-east of Rotterdam and 8 kilometres north of Dordrecht, on the main road from Rotterdam to 'S-Hertogenbosch. The cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the road to Oud Alblas. The one British grave is in the north-eastern part, marked by a permanent private memorial.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
117611 Flight Lieutenant
John Noel Charles Marie J. Van Daele
609 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th September 1944.
The Belgian pilot John Noel Charles Marie van Daele Jr. was a volunteer pilot in the Royal Air Force. He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission due to joining the R. A. F. though he is a Belgian citizen and has a Belgian headstone.
Van Daele flew as a pilot in the 'Tankbuster' Typhoon MN954 for the No. 609 Squadron R. A. F.
The mission on 28 September 1944 was to bomb ships on the river 'De Lek' in the Netherlands. He was flying at low altitude when he was shot down by a German Flak anti-aircraft gun. He escaped using his parachute but died due to the impact of the fall not far from where his plane crash landed.
John Noel Charles Marie J. Van Daele
609 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th September 1944.
The Belgian pilot John Noel Charles Marie van Daele Jr. was a volunteer pilot in the Royal Air Force. He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission due to joining the R. A. F. though he is a Belgian citizen and has a Belgian headstone.
Van Daele flew as a pilot in the 'Tankbuster' Typhoon MN954 for the No. 609 Squadron R. A. F.
The mission on 28 September 1944 was to bomb ships on the river 'De Lek' in the Netherlands. He was flying at low altitude when he was shot down by a German Flak anti-aircraft gun. He escaped using his parachute but died due to the impact of the fall not far from where his plane crash landed.
