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Fierljeppolder en -museum
Fierljeppolder en -museumNoardburgumfrom your location
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De HerdersHoeve
De HerdersHoeveNoardburgumfrom your location
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B&B Het Woudhuisje
B&B Het WoudhuisjeGytsjerkfrom your location
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Wite en Swarte Brekken - Uitkijktoren
Wite en Swarte Brekken - UitkijktorenJutrijpfrom your location
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Camperplaats Eastermar
Camperplaats EastermarEastermarfrom your location
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Greenjoy Dokkum
Greenjoy DokkumDokkumfrom your location
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Kerk Augsbuurt
Kerk AugsbuurtAugsbuurtfrom your location
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Zwembad De Sawn Doarpen
Zwembad De Sawn DoarpenGytsjerkfrom your location
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Waddenpavilion De Voormalige Noorman
Waddenpavilion De Voormalige NoormanLauwersoogfrom your location
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The bombing of Terherne lock
The bombing of Terherne lock
On 11 November 1944, pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Welschap airfield near Eindhoven, were ordered to bomb the lock at Terherne in two groups. The reason for the bombardment of Terherne lock was to restrict (German) transport movements. The lock complex was situated on the main shipping route from Germany via Groningen to the Randstad, along which the Germans transported goods and military equipment.
After the railway strike in September had already disrupted rail transport considerably, actions against shipping traffic followed in the months thereafter. The southern part of the country may have been liberated, but fierce battles were still to be fought in the other parts.
Such was the case on that 11th November just after nine o'clock in the morning when the two groups of Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers took off shortly after each other from Eindhoven for their mission. Around 10:00, the lock at Terherne was bombed from the north for the first time and then again around 10:30.
The consequences were huge for the people living on the lock. The wives of both lock keepers, a one-year-old baby and a German soldier were killed. Also, pilot John Gordon Fraser's aircraft was damaged to such extent that he had to make an emergency landing at St. Johannesga. Although the bombing resulted in the northern passageway being deactivated and no longer usable, the southern passageway remained open and could still be used.
Today, a boathouse for the State yacht of the province of Friesland has been built over the southern passage. A new building, that serves as a guest house for the province, was put up on the site of the lock keeper's house on the south side.
A monument has been erected on the northern pier in memory of those who perished at the lock. This monument was unveiled on 10 November 1985 by Hattum Hoekstra, son of 1st lock keeper Wiemer and Tietje Hoekstra. Since then, the commemoration of the dead in Terherne has always taken place at the old lock, and the children of primary school 'It Kampke' have adopted the monument.
Terhernefrom your location
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Waddenzee-Expedities
Waddenzee-ExpeditiesMetslawierfrom your location
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TIP Toko Toeristen Informatie Post Eastermar (zomermaanden)
TIP Toko Toeristen Informatie Post Eastermar (zomermaanden)Eastermarfrom your location
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Kunstwerk Prinsentuin | Baukje Venema
Kunstwerk Prinsentuin | Baukje Venema
Een foto van Baukje Venema. Deze foto laat de Prinsentuin zien in Leeuwarden en is uit een reeks van kunstwerken die bij de ijsbanen van de Iisbaankeunstrûte horen.
Leeuwardenfrom your location
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Bloemenhoeve
BloemenhoeveBurdaardfrom your location
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Klein Veldlust
Klein VeldlustNoardburgumfrom your location
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NijKrúslãn Lodge
NijKrúslãn LodgeNew
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Greenjoy Gytsjerk
Greenjoy GytsjerkGytsjerkfrom your location
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B&B Hippe Schuur
B&B Hippe SchuurTytsjerkfrom your location
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Stadswandeling Dokkum
Stadswandeling DokkumDokkumfrom your location
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De Leiker
De LeikerRyptsjerkfrom your location
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Vakantiewoning Holwerd
Vakantiewoning HolwerdHolwerdfrom your location
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Grutte Wielen - Uitkijkpunt
Grutte Wielen - UitkijkpuntLeeuwardenfrom your location
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Watersportvereniging "De Westerein e.o."
Watersportvereniging "De Westerein e.o."De Westereenfrom your location
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Eben Haëzerkerk Earnewâld
Eben Haëzerkerk EarnewâldEarnewâldfrom your location
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Mokkebank - De Mok - Vogelkijkhut
Mokkebank - De Mok - VogelkijkhutMirnsfrom your location
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Greenjoy It Bûtefjild
Greenjoy It BûtefjildFeanwâldenfrom your location
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Hervormde kerk (Hofkerk)
Hervormde kerk (Hofkerk)Hurdegarypfrom your location
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Goddeloze Singel
Goddeloze SingelFeanwaldenfrom your location
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Dekema State
Dekema StateJelsumfrom your location
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Wânswerd - Oogvliet - vogelkijkhut
Wânswerd - Oogvliet - vogelkijkhutHallumfrom your location
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Museum Tusken de Marren
Museum Tusken de MarrenEastermarfrom your location
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Harsta Hoeve
Harsta HoeveHegebeintumfrom your location