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Gibson & Warwick street Steenbergen

(Netherlands, the - North Brabant - Steenbergen)

In Steenbergen on the crashsite of the Mosquito KB 267, where Guy Gibson and James Warwick died, two streets are named after them.

Text on the street signs:

GIBSON STREET
GUY GIBSON, WING COMMANDER R.A.F.
VICTORIA CROSS CARRIER FOR MAIN SHARE
"ROYAL BOMBARDMENT" ON THE RUHR DAMS
16-5-1943. IN THIS STREET CRASHED
AND DIED 19-9-1944

WARWICK STREET
JAMES WARWICK, SQUADRON LEADER R.A.F.
WITH GUY GIBSON CRASHED IN THIS STREET
AND DIED 19-9-1944

Source

• Text: Anneke Moerenhout
• Photos: Anneke Moerenhout