An inscribed plaque mounted on a concrete plinth situated in front of a freestanding metal wall plate with cut-outs of planes and servicemen. It is located on the crash site of the B-25 Mitchell Bomber.

Photographs courtesy of Kevin Page

The memorial commemorates the crew of two aircraft that crashed in the Hofstade area.

On 28 May 1944, Halifax lll HX-267 from 466 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was shot down over Zemst, a few kilometers northwest of Hofstade, killing all but one crew member. Of the seven crew members, five were Australian and two were British from the Royal Air Force (RAF). Sergeant AJ Cox of the RAF was the only survivor and became a prisoner of war.

On 2 February 1945, a B-25 Mitchell ll FW224 from 98 Squadron RAF crashed killing all four crew members, two RAAF and two RAF.

All crew members are buried in Brussels Town Cemetery.

The concrete plinth, the origins of which are unknown, was discovered by the Belgian Reserve Army who then raised $US7,000 for the design and construction of the metal wall plate behind it.

Tervuursesteenweg, 1981 Hofstade (Zemst), Belgium.

Hofstade is approximately 5kms south of Mechelen, between Brussels and Antwerp.

The memorial is located in the grounds of the Bloso sporting complex, Bloso-centrum Hofstade.