Monument for Tormod Bjerum Abrahamsen - Oosterhout, NL
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As a tribute to the Norwegian Sergeant Abrahamsen, who died here during the Second World War, a monument was unveiled at the site of the crash on May 3, 2016 in Oosterhout.
Waymark Code: WM19ER2
Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/13/2024
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While geocaching in Oosterhout (
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NL:
"Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog op 03-11-1944 stortte in het Goor, Gemeente Oosterhout, de Spitfire Mk lX B FN-P PL393 met de Noor Sergeant Tormod Bjerum Abrahamsen neer. De Spitfire was beschoten door Duits afweergeschut tijdens een aanval op Duitse stellingen nabij het Markkanaal. Sergeant Abrahamsen kwam hierbij om het leven. Zijn lichaam werd op het kerkhof in Den Hout begraven. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog is Sergeant Abrahamsen in Den Haag gecremeerd en is zijn as naar Noorwegen gebracht is deze bijgezet in een familiegraf in Kristiansand.
Uit eerbetoon aan Sergeant Abrahamsen is er op 03-05-2016 in Oosterhout op de plaats van de crash een monument onthuld."
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NO (translated from NL source):
Under andre verdenskrig 03-11-1944 styrtet Spitfire Mk lX B FN-P PL393 i Goor, kommune i Oosterhout, med den norske sersjant Tormod Bjerum Abrahamsen. Spitfire ble skutt på av tyske luftvernkanoner under et angrep på tyske stillinger nær Markkanaal. Sersjant Abrahamsen ble drept. Kroppen hans ble gravlagt på kirkegården i Den Hout. Etter andre verdenskrig ble sersjant Abrahamsen kremert i Haag og asken hans ble ført til Norge og gravlagt i en familiegrav i Kristiansand.
Som en hyllest til sersjant Abrahamsen ble et monument avduket på stedet for krasjet 3. mai 2016 i Oosterhout.
EN (translated from NL source):
During the Second World War on 03-11-1944, the Spitfire Mk lX B FN-P PL393 crashed in the Goor, Municipality of Oosterhout, with the Norwegian Sergeant Tormod Bjerum Abrahamsen. The Spitfire was shot at by German anti-aircraft guns during an attack on German positions near the Markkanaal. Sergeant Abrahamsen was killed. His body was buried in the cemetery in Den Hout. After the Second World War, Sergeant Abrahamsen was cremated in The Hague and his ashes were taken to Norway and buried in a family grave in Kristiansand.
As a tribute to Sergeant Abrahamsen, a monument was unveiled at the site of the crash on May 3, 2016 in Oosterhout.