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    "title": "Ekeren herdenkt Lancastercrash",
    "modified_at": "2026-06-11 09:00:01",
    "published_at": "2026-06-11 09:00:00",
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    "body": "<p>Op 15 juni 1943, rond half 2 &#039;s nachts, haalde een Duitse nachtjager een Britse Lancaster bommenwerper neer boven Ekeren. De zeven Engelse bemanningsleden Albert Victor Crawford (pilot), lieutenant Arthur Ernest Davey (navigator), Joseph Brown McHendry (weapon operator/air gunner), William George Reed (air bomber), Leslie Toal (flight engineer), Charles Joseph Buckle (air gunner) en Kenneth Ivor Bowerman (air gunner) verloren daarbij het leven.</p><p>Het districtsbestuur legt ter nagedachtenis bloemen aan het Lancastermonument.</p><p><u><strong>Ook de pers is van harte welkom op zondag 14 juni om 14 uur aan het Lancaster-monument op de hoek van het Laar met de Wielseweg, 2180 Ekeren.</strong></u></p><p><strong>programma</strong></p><ul class=\"release-content-list release-content-list--bulleted release-content-list--align-inherit\"><li><span>14 uur</span><ul class=\"release-content-list release-content-list--bulleted release-content-list--align-inherit\"><li><span>start herdenking met muzikale intro door The French Captain</span></li><li><span>offici&euml;le toespraken en bloemenhulde aan het monument Lancaster</span></li></ul></li><li><span>15 uur</span><ul class=\"release-content-list release-content-list--bulleted release-content-list--align-inherit\"><li><span>receptie ter plaatse</span></li></ul></li></ul><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-d3be6085-c009-4bbf-ab54-bb469cedc27f\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Koen Palinckx</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">districtsburgemeester en bevoegd voor algemeen beleid, burgerlijke stand, openbaar domein, evenementen en plechtigheden en erfgoed, district Ekeren</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:koen.palinckx@antwerpen.be\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"koen.palinckx@antwerpen.be\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>koen.palinckx@antwerpen.be</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"http://www.ekeren.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"ekeren.be\"><svg class=\"icon icon-browser release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-browser\"></use>\n            </svg>ekeren.be</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-e2ed6eee-d972-4893-9ae8-f27471a1f65f\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Kelly Stark</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">communicatieverantwoordelijke, district Ekeren</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:communicatie.ekeren@antwerpen.be\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"communicatie.ekeren@antwerpen.be\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>communicatie.ekeren@antwerpen.be</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:03 338 29 07\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"03 338 29 07\"><svg class=\"icon icon-phone release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-phone\"></use>\n            </svg>03 338 29 07</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"http://www.ekeren.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"ekeren.be\"><svg class=\"icon icon-browser release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-browser\"></use>\n            </svg>ekeren.be</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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