Relation with Lake (class): Lake Area Cemetery (LAI)  
Total nr. of casualties buried here (TC): 7. 
Lake casualties, initially, end WW2 (LC-I): 0
Unknown today: 0
of which unknown from Lake (LC-U): 0
of which unknown from North Sea (NS-U): 0
Initial burial site in WW2.
Post war burial site for collection and reburial from other sites: no.
Cemetery with Lake casualties today: Lake Area.


           
BLOKZIJL

Blokzijl is a small former Zuyder Sea city. Former, because the Northeast polder was build in front of her before the war, which cut her off from the sea. To the North-East a Lancaster crashed in February 1944. The crew was buried here.


   
Dutch name cemetery: Blokzijl Alg. begr. pl.  
Full name: Blokzijl General Cemetery.
Address (usable for car navigation):
Slingerpad 3. Postal code 8356, Blokzijl.

For reaction or comments; send us an email,
see address and info at CONTACT.
Please use as subject title: 'Blokzijl'.









The men were crew of Lancaster JB420 of 57 Sqn, pilot F/O T.W. Briggs, crashed in the night 15/16 February 1944. 




































































 .





















































 .





















































 .





















































  .





















































 .


























































Next cemetery on this dike is Vollenhove.

File Vollenhove:  http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/976.html






© ZZairwar (Zuyder Zee Air War)