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Memorial · Eemnes · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Lancastermonument in Eemnes

Lancastermonument is a memorial in Eemnes, Utrecht. This place has a story in the app. Within 880 m you'll find a bench and a water point.

Lancastermonument in Eemnes
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The story

Story · Lancastermonument

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You're standing in the Eemnes polder, at a memorial board. Look around you, across the open fields. On the 20th of February 1944, an Allied aircraft crashed here in flames.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Yes: a water point at 880 m.

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