Mr. & Mrs. Aalderink - spring 2005

During a cruise in 2005 on the Rhine River which was part of the itinerary for "Thank You Canada" in appreciation of Canada's role in the liberation of The Netherlands during WW II. Mr. & Mrs. Aalderink approached a Canadian couple, Mrs. Karen & Gerald Warman of Saskatchewan. Mrs. Aalderink gave an envelope which contained photos, a newspaper article along with a written letter for me.

(Karen Warman however had to enlist the services of her billet while in The Netherlands to translate what the contents contained as written material was all in Dutch).

Mrs. Warman had no idea who Mrs. Aalderink was, nor the creator of this web site, however she graciously carried out the request and forwarded the envelope to me once back in Canada.

Some of the photos are now posted in this section for P/O C.V. Soderstrom, the newspaper article was published in 2005 in the local Ruurlo area. It detailed my research and made inquiries asking for witnesses to the crash of LK-801 on June 17th 1944. Mrs. Aalderink had written a letter documenting her witnessing the crash in 1944, she was 17 years-old and the only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Weustenenk.

Photo courtesy Karen Warman