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Happynes.nl
Happynes.nl
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Group accommodation at ‘De Blikvaart’
Group accommodation at ‘De Blikvaart’
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It Âld Hússtee
It Âld Hússtee
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De Klassieke Rederij
De Klassieke Rederij
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Sanzi Yacht Charter
Sanzi Yacht Charter
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Logementen Dokkum
Logementen Dokkum
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Kapel Tinco Lycklama à Nijeholt
Kapel Tinco Lycklama à Nijeholt
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Museum Warkums Erfskip
Museum Warkums Erfskip
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Melktap Winsum
Melktap Winsum
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Kampeerboerderij Hettinga
Kampeerboerderij Hettinga
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Natuurzwembad Jubbega
Natuurzwembad Jubbega
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Familieboten
Familieboten
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B&B 't Strunerke
B&B 't Strunerke
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Noodlanding Hawker Typhoon
Noodlanding Hawker Typhoon
Op 11 november 1944 kregen piloten van de Royal Canadian Air Force, die hun basis hadden op vliegveld Welschap bij Eindhoven, de opdracht om in twee groepen de sluis bij Terherne te bombarderen. Het sluiscomplex lag in een belangrijke scheepvaartroute waarlangs de Duitsers goederen en militair materieel vervoerden.
Even na negen uur in de ochtend vertrokken de twee groepen Hawker Typhoon jachtbommenwerpers kort na elkaar vanuit Eindhoven voor hun missie. Aangekomen bij Terherne bombardeerde de eerste groep succesvol één van de twee sluisdelen. De tweede groep verging het minder. De bommen uitgeworpen door de piloot van het eerste vliegtuig explodeerden op het moment dat het tweede vliegtuig van John Gordon Fraser laag boven de sluis was aangekomen om zijn bommen erin te gooien.
Zijn vliegtuig werd in het koelsysteem geraakt door scherven van de bommen die onder hem explodeerden. Hierdoor liep de motortemperatuur snel op. De piloot van het derde vliegtuig meldde over de boordradio dat er rook uit de motor kwam, waardoor het voor John Gordon Fraser al snel duidelijk werd dat hij zijn basis niet zou bereiken en een geschikt terrein zou moeten vinden voor een noodlanding.
Kort daarna maakte hij hier op de Scharweg een geslaagde noodlanding. Piloot Fraser heeft zich na de noodlanding aanvankelijk in het Easterskar schuilgehouden. Siebe de Jong en Jan Sloothaak voorzien hem van burgerkleding en eten. Met hulp van het verzet komt hij vervolgens na wat omzwervingen via o.a. Joure, Akmarijp en Oudehaske in Tjalleberd terecht.
Daar assisteerde hij Lykele Faber, agent van het Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten (BBO), die in november 1944 samen met Peter Tazelaar bij Haskerhorne was gedropt. Hun missie, codenaam Necking, was om het radiocontact met Londen te onderhouden, het Friese verzet te organiseren en te helpen met het opzetten van locaties waar voorzieningen, wapens en munitie per parachute konden worden afgeworpen.
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Dorpslogies Adema
Dorpslogies Adema
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De Tjonger
De Tjonger
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Noordwolde the first village to be liberated by land
Noordwolde the first village to be liberated by land
In the evening of 11 April 1945, units of the Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment Royal Canadian Dragoons arrived at Dwingeloo, just before the so-called Frieslandriegel. This line of defence had been constructed shortly before by the work of many Dutch forced labourers. However, the line was hardly occupied and eventually turned out to be incorrectly constructed.
The Dragoons' task was to scout the road well ahead of the rest of the Canadian units. And they noted that the Germans in this area were barely able to defend themselves effectively. Partly for this reason, it was decided on 11 April that units of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and supporting units would make a jump to Leeuwarden in the following days. If the Frisian capital and possibly the rest of Friesland could be taken, the Germans would be trapped in the western part of the Netherlands. After all, large parts of Overijssel and Gelderland had also been liberated at this point.
The infantry had to advance through Zwolle, Meppel, Steenwijk, Heerenveen to Leeuwarden. To get them to Leeuwarden as soon as possible, all kinds of extra vehicles had been arranged. Meanwhile, the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and not much later another reconnaissance regiment, the Duke of York´s Royal Canadian Hussars, would enter Friesland to scout the planned main route there. And to create as much chaos as possible among the German defenders.Thanks to the citizens of Dieverbrug in Drenthe, an emergency bridge was built over the Drentse Hoofdvaart canal so that the Canadian vehicles could advance to Friesland. Then, on the morning of 12 April, the Dragoons were the first Canadian land unit to enter the province of Friesland. The village of Noordwolde was the first to be liberated.
Although this first Frisian village could be taken without a fight, there was brief fighting immediately north of Noordwolde. About twenty Germans and Dutch accomplices tried to delay the Canadians. After a short fight, the Germans fled the scene, leaving all their equipment behind. Others, including ten Dutch accomplices of the Landwacht and Ordnungspolizei, were captured.But the very first liberators to set foot on Frisian soil were French SAS paratroopers from the 3e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes. Just over 700 of them were dropped over Drenthe and south-east Friesland on the night of 7 to 8 April. Their mission was to support the Allied ground operation. They did so by creating chaos behind German lines, capturing bridges, and carrying out all kinds of operations together with the resistance. They had to keep this up until the Canadian ground units reached them. A small proportion ended up at Appelscha and Haulerwijk and carried out their assignments there. In the performance of these assignments, 21-year-old Chasseur de 2e Classe (Private 2nd Class) Henri Pintaud was killed on 8 April.
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Terschelling Recreatie Resort De Riesen
Terschelling Recreatie Resort De Riesen
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Titus Brandsma monument
Titus Brandsma monument
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Stichting Seablue
Stichting Seablue
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Driewegsluis, De Linde
Driewegsluis, De Linde
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Europarcs Hindeloopen
Europarcs Hindeloopen
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B&B Hoptille
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Dijkstra's wadlooptochten Pieterburen
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