Did you know that you can help us produce ebooks by proofreading just one page a day Generous support for the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library and its programming is provided by Ruth and Sid Lapidus, the New York State Education Department, Library. Welcome to the Military Gallery, publishers of Robert Taylor, Nicolas Trudgian, Simon Atack, and other leading aviation, marine, and military artists. In Schylge myn lntsje Terschelling my little land, in a special waredition of it 50 years after the war, May 1995, I discovered a 2nd photo. Terschelling. Deanweb the. Forest of Dean Director. Terschelling is one of the. Wadden Islands, which form an archipelago off the north. Netherlands, it is some 1. Terschelling, which is in the province of Friesland. The. island can be reached from Harlingen on the mainland by. Harlingen is approx 1. Franeker and approx 3. Leeuwarden. First a bit of ancient history We. British were not always so friendly with those Dutchmen you. By Tom. In 1. 66. West Terschelling was. English. The English fleet originally. Dutch merchant fleet which was. Vlieland, the. next island to the west. When the Dutch vessels. Terschelling, the English followed. Dutch vessels, and landed in the harbour. West Terschelling. The town was burnt to the ground. I/51UggDE5AdL.jpg' alt='Benedict Admiralty 7Th Edition' title='Benedict Admiralty 7Th Edition' />English on this occasion which would become known. Holmess Bonfire after the English admiral Holmes. Benedict Admiralty 7Th Edition' title='Benedict Admiralty 7Th Edition' />Great Fire of London in the very same year was. Gods retribution. The. next year, in 1. Dutch under command of De Ruyter. English. navy a heavy blow at the Raid on the Medway also known. Battle of Chatham, in effect ending the Second. Anglo Dutch War. The Raid on the Medway, was a. Dutch attack on the largest English naval. Chatham, that took place in June 1. Second. Anglo Dutch War. Chatham near London in 1. Perhaps burning. Terschelling was not such a good idea HolmesThe Dutch, under nominal. Lieutenant Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Sheerness. sailed up the River Thames to Gravesend, then up the. River Medway to Chatham in Kent, where they burned three. Redsn0w 0.9 Final Version For Windows here. HMS Unity and the HMS Royal Charles, pride and. English fleet. The raid led to a. Dutch. It was the worst defeat in the Royal Navys. In fact, all the buildings in West Terschelling were. Brandaris.   Alas, in later times that broke down. So now only the light tower is older than 1. On many. houses in the village, you find that year marked indeed. Willemt Wyfke fan. Stryp the sage of Clever Granny of Seeryp by Willem de. Jong. When these overheated navy hooligans were finished in. West Terschelling with their Bonfire, at least a. Eastward, to the other. They were keen on more wealth. But, without horses and only one sandy country road to. Terschelling being an agricultural. They arrived much later at Midsland village than. Twilight was coming already and the smoke from. Suddenly, they discovered a mysterious rising in the. It could be an enemy defence line, with some. They stopped. therefore and asked an old lady at the side of the road for an. And like many old people, she was fooled. Go back, its not the right place to be hundreds. Very old and mysterious. Seeryp churchyard and t Wyfke fan. Stryp Clever Granny of SeerypAnd that was no lie or. She was talking about the many. Result these sea dogs. And thats how East Terschelling was spared, by the Wyfke fan. Stryp. The old graveyard in the former village of. Stryp also called Seeryp, Striep or Zurijp etc. And today, there is also. Clever Granny of Seeryp, always. World War 2 by Willem de. Jong. A photograph taken after the. Terschelling in May 1. This photo was taken in May 1. West Terschelling. De Ruyterstraat, near Hotel Oepkes on the. I think, of a bunch of. Allied airmen and, in the middle of that group, one. Dutch policeman from Amsterdam as far as known. This photo was sent to me in. Sept. 1. 97. 7 by Mr. J. A. Duyf himself and a copy of. Mevr. Boonstra Oepkes. Leeuwarden in those years. Goudsbloemstraat 3. Douwe Drijver and I were. West Terschelling and was staying for a couple. I now know that Franek agrees with me, but it. Jan Zumbach is in the centre of this group and. Polish compatriot, Tadeusz Kawalecki, to his left. Dutch policeman between them. Four of the. American airman appear to be wearing their flying. Apart. from the policeman the most likely non flyer in that. British Army. Captain whose name from that. Tom. Mr Duyf. was showing us other photos. Wellington crash landing on. Terschellings beach, and about another. RAF plane on the ground wreckage parts, etc. During the war and in the time. Raad huisstraat in West Terschelling, later on. Willem Barendszstraat during the war he was. These men, including the. POWs in the last months of the. Terschelling by the Germans. Germany was already closed by. Allied forces, due to the progress of their. Northeast Holland March April 1. Thanks to recent information. Polish Air Force. Franek Grabowski, we now know more. Though we cannot at. The men whose signatures from the back of the. A more interesting story has now. Franek. The senior officer in this. Polish Wing Commander, Jan Zumbach of. Polish Squadron fame. On 3. 0 January 1. Zumbach was posted to HQ, No. Group. On April 7th while flying an Auster light. Groups command. alongside another Auster flown by Tadeusz Kawalecki. They force landed. Auster. were captured. Jan Zumbach and Squadron Leader Tadeusz Kawalecki, spent the. Franek relates. They were arrested by what looked like Yugo troops, and. Arnhem, and then sent to a Po. W camp.  In the. camp there was a French pilot, Fernand Fuchs, who later. Colonel and also was a French attache in. India, a Dutch police officer detained for providing. US bomber crews and two. Canadian pilots.  There was also a British Signals. General, accidentally captured with his driver in his. Jeep, who was taken to another, more distinguished place. Finally, 1. 6 Po. Ws were brought to Terschelling, where. German. officer. Zumbach, who was the senior officer, and who spoke. German due to his Swiss origin, told the officer. Jerry officers best interest to take good care of the. Po. Ws, because it depends on them, what they will tell. Then. Zumbach asked to place the Po. Ws in the best hotel on the. Walking In Memphis here. Allied officers. Then they arranged an official visit to the Allied. British graves, and placed Union Jacks. Most of the time on the island they spent on. In. early May some problems with food appeared, and during a. German commander, Zumbach suggested, that. German forces. At. Wehrmacht from. Silesia appeared, and claimed that morale was low, and. Zumbach to confirm they were Poles forced to serve. German army. Finally, on 6 May, the German garrison. Zumbach, who then passed the power to the. Allied airmen and Po. Ws were then taken to. Franek mentions that it should be noted, that. Zumbachs account is not always spot on accurate. He was. apparently known to spice up a story and Willem has. German surrender. Who were they  From. Franeks extensive research and a small amount of ours. AWing Commander Jan. Zumbach of RAF 3. Polish Squadron. B. Flight Lieutenant. H Tommy Todd RCAF 4. Spitfire Squadron. CSquadron Leader. Tadeusz Wilhelm Kawalecki 8. Group CFD2nd Lieutenant Ellis E Smith Jr. Flying Fortress B 1. G 4. 3 3. 81. 03 of 4. BG8. 48. Bomber Squadron. ECaptain J. H. E. Putte of the Dutch Police. FFlight. Lieutenant Edward Cook of 6. Squadron. Lancaster HK7. GLieutenant F Fuchs. Squadron Free French Spitfire. TB5. 97. HCaptain William. Scrimgeour British. Intelligence Corps. IFlying Officer. Gordon A Mc. Donald from 4. 43 RCAF Hornet. Squadron Spitfire SM3. J1st Lieutenant. Clark C. Dickerson, USAAF pilot of Flying Fortress. B 1. 7G 4. 4 6. Sqdn. K. Flight Lieutenant. Walter R James from 4. Squadron RCAF. Spitfire PT3. L1st Lieutenant. Curtis E Ash    Flying. Fortress B 1. 7G 4. BG5. 08. Bomber. Squadron. M2nd Lieutenant John L Ewald. Flying Fortress B 1. G 4. 3 3. 81. 03  of 4. BG8. 48. Bomber Squadron. N2nd Lieutenant. Fred A Cain USAAF co pilot Flying Fortress. Sqdn. O1st. Lieutenant. Richard E. Brown, Pilot of F5 E 4. Reconn. Group 2. 2nd Photo Sqdn.