can anyone translate this

Vlim · 12-10-2006, 10:29 AM

Very good attempt!
Ed: I'd be happy to translate any more info you have.

I'll give it a go, as there are some minor improvements to make:

On the 27th of may, 2005 on the church at the 'Kruisstraat' (gv: a common street name) a memorial plaque was revealed by the 'Vaderlandslievende kring Groot Haaltert' (gv: A local group). This was done to remember the sixtieth anniversary of an aircraft crash in the surrounding land reclaim areas. Although most memorials speak of a fact with victims, mostly lethal, this history is an exception. All the occupants survived the crash. The story behind the plaque reveals the following facts:

Everthing started on that 27th of may, 1944 in Glatton, the base in England, where a mission was prepared in order to reach the following objectives. The trainyard near the edge of the Rhine between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim (Germany) had to be destroyed, thus needed to be bombed. Six fighter squadrons from the first division were assigned to this task. The 457th bomb group commanding the 94th A Combat Wing led the 8 airforce parts to the target in formation. The 475th supplied 36 (light and heavy) aircraft for this formation. Col. James R. Luper in his role as air commander led these with Lt. Charles D. Brannan as pilot. Captain Jacob M. Dickinson led the lighter airfract with Lt. Malcolm E. Johnson as pilot.

On their way to the target the group was hit by heavy enemy fire of Me-109's.

12-10-2006, 10:29 AM	#6
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Very good attempt! Ed: I'd be happy to translate any more info you have. I'll give it a go, as there are some minor improvements to make: On the 27th of may, 2005 on the church at the 'Kruisstraat' (gv: a common street name) a memorial plaque was revealed by the 'Vaderlandslievende kring Groot Haaltert' (gv: A local group). This was done to remember the sixtieth anniversary of an aircraft crash in the surrounding land reclaim areas. Although most memorials speak of a fact with victims, mostly lethal, this history is an exception. All the occupants survived the crash. The story behind the plaque reveals the following facts: Everthing started on that 27th of may, 1944 in Glatton, the base in England, where a mission was prepared in order to reach the following objectives. The trainyard near the edge of the Rhine between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim (Germany) had to be destroyed, thus needed to be bombed. Six fighter squadrons from the first division were assigned to this task. The 457th bomb group commanding the 94th A Combat Wing led the 8 airforce parts to the target in formation. The 475th supplied 36 (light and heavy) aircraft for this formation. Col. James R. Luper in his role as air commander led these with Lt. Charles D. Brannan as pilot. Captain Jacob M. Dickinson led the lighter airfract with Lt. Malcolm E. Johnson as pilot. On their way to the target the group was hit by heavy enemy fire of Me-109's.