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Monument for Georges Guynemer (French)
Pavlik_NL Says: This is the French text that is inscribed in the foot of the monument. My French is not that well and if someone could translate it for me and send it by e-mail, I will be most grateful (just because I am curious what it says exactly)."Heros legendaire tombe en plein ciel de...
Pavlik_NL Says: In the direction of Westrozebeke, along the main road, a rather large cemetry appears on the right hand side. Around 6.000 British (which means actually various nationalities as long as they were from the British Common Wealth - Australians, Irish, Indians, Canadians etc.)...
Poelkapelle, a village in midst of vegetables
Pavlik_NL Says: The West Flanders clay fields are furtile and the area has an agricultural purpose. Especially around Poelkapelle vegetables are grown everywhere. Now-a-days one also sees a strong appearing horticulture, but the open field cropgrowing is still most present. Poelkapelle has...
Fanatic father & son loose their innocence & life
Pavlik_NL Says: The Great War started in 1914, after decades of tension building up between kolonial superpowers England, France and Russia one one side and the traditional European empires Germany and Austria-Hungary. Everybody was rushing to the frontline and the propaganda machines were...
Pavlik_NL Says: Georges Guynemer was definately one of the pioneers in war flight. He was a French ace in the air in a war in which for the first time aircrafts were put into action. Fierce man to man battles were fought out over the frontline and Guynemer was one of these pilots that came...
Pavlik_NL Says: Poelkapelle is one of many stops along the "In Flanders Fields" car route. This 82 kilometers long drive through and around Ieper shows all mayor sites that are connected to the fierce battles around here in between 1914 and 1918. It is available through internet on the...
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Georges Guynemer was definately one of the pioneers in war flight. He was a French ace in the air in a war in which for the first time aircrafts were put into...
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Poelkapelle and a tribute to a flight pioneer
Poelkapelle is a small village in West Flanders and forms a double manucipality with Langemark (see other page). The agricultural surroundings and peaceful village core do disguise the troubles that...
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This war monument has been erected in the honour of the French captain-pilot Georges Guynemer who crashed here on September 11th, 1917.
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