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Re: Seeking Western Campaign crash locations & crew IDs for 3 shot down KG54
Larry,
The Bf109 on May 12 of 2.(J)/LG2 you mention as having come down down in the Netherlands should then have been the one at Berkelaar in southern Limburg. Can you confirm?
Regards, Pieter
PS Re. the naming of The Netherlands vs. Holland you are fully right that for a non-dutchman they are considered the same. In fact we are often already quite happy if foreigners don't think Holland is the capital of Denmark or something similar. The sensitivities on these kind of naming topics are usually highest inside the country, and we shouldn't bother others with it. But just to summarise the sensitivities again: Holland is formally the western part of the country, what are now the provinces of Southern and Northern Holland. Dutchmen from the other peripheral provinces usually don't like to be seen as being from Holland. Has something to do with events from 400 years ago and carefully cultivated ever since. So very serious indeed ....
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