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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Pikmeer 1100 Minerva
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Pikmeer 1100 Minerva
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Curtevenne 850 Melissa
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Curtevenne 850 Melissa
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Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodge Ljurk
Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodge Ljurk
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Camping it Krúswetter
Camping it Krúswetter
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Poptaslot of Heringastate
Poptaslot of Heringastate
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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.
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Pean-buiten Akkrum
Pean-buiten Akkrum
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Privateer 34 Vienne
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Privateer 34 Vienne
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Aquanaut 1250 Hannah
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Aquanaut 1250 Hannah
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Pean-buiten Akkrum - de Berch
Pean-buiten Akkrum - de Berch
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Bootverhuur Bonkevaart
Bootverhuur Bonkevaart
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Anne-Famkes Pleats Room
Anne-Famkes Pleats Room
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Buuten Leeuwarden
Buuten Leeuwarden
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Church of Achlum
Church of Achlum
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Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodge Reade Wikel
Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodge Reade Wikel
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Wetlands Outdoor
Wetlands Outdoor
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Valk-Content 1300 Donau
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Valk-Content 1300 Donau
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Achlum
Achlum
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Gast op stal
Gast op stal
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Motorcamping 't Witveen
Motorcamping 't Witveen
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Camping it Krúswetter - Stacaravan Skries
Camping it Krúswetter - Stacaravan Skries
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Kampari - Praathuis
Kampari - Praathuis
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Abim 134 Klara
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Abim 134 Klara
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Kampari
Kampari
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