Acknowledgements
Fallen in the Battle for Freedom and Justice
In the last four to five years we have been working on this website, taking photographs of all Allied and Commonwealth War Graves, starting on a rather cold and damp autumn day at the 'Vredenhof' Cemetery on Schiermonnikoog Island.
Intrigued by 'Vredenhof - Rustplaats voor Drenkelingen op Schiermonnikoog' of author and journalist Sietse van der Hoek, we sat off for a weekend on the island. The Noordwolde Cemetery was our last in the province...
The photographs were only the beginning. Many hours of research followed.
One of the most respected works in this field is the 9-volume "Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War" by W.R. Chorley. The information from this formidable research project has been used as the solid base for this website.
Secondly, the database from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website as well as the database of the Frisian Verzetsmuseum in Leeuwarden, provided additional information.
Since the start of the project, we have made several visits to The National Archives (TNA, and formerly known as the Public Record Office) in Kew.
Providing a wealth of information were the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London and the Air Force Museum of New Zealand at the former RNZAF-base Wigram, Christchurch.
Recently a new website was launched by the Stichting Missing Airmen Foundation: www.luchtoorlogfriesland.nl offering detailed information on all Allied and Commonwealth airmen who lost their lives over Frisian soil.
Over the years, our good friend and aviation researcher pur-sang, Hille Oppedijk, has helped with countless documents, books and first-hand accounts on the war in the skies over Fryslân. Also thanks to Willem de Jong for supplying information.
Rinze en Jetske de Vries,
Mûnein, Fryslân,
The Netherlands
Intrigued by 'Vredenhof - Rustplaats voor Drenkelingen op Schiermonnikoog' of author and journalist Sietse van der Hoek, we sat off for a weekend on the island. The Noordwolde Cemetery was our last in the province...
The photographs were only the beginning. Many hours of research followed.
One of the most respected works in this field is the 9-volume "Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War" by W.R. Chorley. The information from this formidable research project has been used as the solid base for this website.
Secondly, the database from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website as well as the database of the Frisian Verzetsmuseum in Leeuwarden, provided additional information.
Since the start of the project, we have made several visits to The National Archives (TNA, and formerly known as the Public Record Office) in Kew.
Providing a wealth of information were the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London and the Air Force Museum of New Zealand at the former RNZAF-base Wigram, Christchurch.
Recently a new website was launched by the Stichting Missing Airmen Foundation: www.luchtoorlogfriesland.nl offering detailed information on all Allied and Commonwealth airmen who lost their lives over Frisian soil.
Over the years, our good friend and aviation researcher pur-sang, Hille Oppedijk, has helped with countless documents, books and first-hand accounts on the war in the skies over Fryslân. Also thanks to Willem de Jong for supplying information.
Rinze en Jetske de Vries,
Mûnein, Fryslân,
The Netherlands
* The island of Texel is, although part of the Frisian chain of islands, officially not a part of the Province of Fryslân, and is therefore included under Noord-Holland..