Monument for Tormod Bjerum Abrahamsen - Oosterhout, NL - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The monument can be foiund in front of the school. It is a cube (100 cm by 50 cm by 30cm) made of rocks (which are held by iron fence/wire). The plaque is approx 40 centimeters wide and 25 centimeters high.

"During the Second World War on 03-11-1944 the Spitfire Mk lX B FN-P PL393 with the Norwegian Sergeant Tormod Bjerum Abrahamsen crashed in Goor, Municipality of Oosterhout.
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 where they were interred in a family grave in Kristiansand.

As a tribute to Sergeant Abrahamsen a monument was unveiled on 03-05-2016 in Oosterhout at the site of the crash."
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