Sint Niklaas Commemorations
550 Squadron Commemorations in Sint Niklaas, Belgium
LL851 / BQ-V
Photographs from the commemoration services in Sint Niklaas for P/O Dukelow and the crew of LL851 who lost their lives when their plane was shot down by a Messerschmitt over Belgium on 21/21 May 1944 on the operation to Duisburg. LL851 was one of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. The aircraft crashed into a field owned by Albert Van Hoornick at Heimolen (Oost-Vlaanderen) between the Wever and Heimolenstraat some 3 km S of Sint Niklass, where all were buried in the town's communal cemetery.
The following crew members were killed and are buried in the cemetery at Sint Niklaas:
- P/O P J Dukelow (P)
- Sgt D S Bruty (F/Eng)
- P/O L R Dunham (Nav)
- Sgt L R Towsley (B/A)
- Sgt D A W Mayo (W/Op)
- P/O H E MacDuff (MU/AG)
- Sgt S A Jarvis (R/AG)
Their entries on the 550 Squadron Roll of Honour can be viewed here.
For more information about the crew see also the P/O Dukelow crew web-page.
Click on the pictures below to see photographs of recent commemoration events.
Commemoration 2023
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Photographs taken at the May 2023 commemoration service for the crew |
Commemoration 2019
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Photographs taken at the May 2019 commemoration service when a new memorial to the crew was unveiled close to the crash site |
Commemoration 2018
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Photographs taken at the May 2018 commemoration service when a new Memorial Plaque was unveiled
Also photographs taken at the November 2018 Remembrance service |
Commemoration 2017
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Photographs taken at the November 2017 (All Saint's Day) Remembrance service |
Commemoration 2016
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Photographs taken at the May and November 2016 commemoration services |
Commemoration 2015
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Photographs taken at the November 2015 commemoration service |
Commemoration 2014
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Photographs taken at the May and November 2014 commemoration services |