APELDOORN MEMORIAL, Holland.

This Memorial thought to have been erected in either the sixties or earlier commemorates twelve Dutch partisans and 1st Lt. Bill Moore of the 467th BG who were executed by the local German SD on the 2nd December 1944 at the King Willem III Barracks at Apeldoorn, Holland.

1st Lt. Bill Moore had previously bailed out with the rest of the crew over Holland after the aircraft was badly hit by flak on a mission to Berlin on the 29th April 1944. Five of the crew were shortly captured and made POW while five crew successfully met up with Dutch helpers in the Resistance Movement and evaded capture for many months. It is believed Bill Moore was finally captured in October 1944 and then sent to Apeldoorn where the German SD dealing with counter-espionage in Holland were located.

In November 44 several high ranking members of the Dutch resistance were captured in Utrecht and also sent to Apeldoorn for interrogation. In an effort to organize a breakout the Dutch resistance sent two "observers" who were armed and carrying a detailed map of the Barracks. They were apprehended and shot by German guards upon their discovery in a restricted area close to the Barracks. As an act of retaliation against this failed attempt to secure the release of the Dutch partisans, twelve Dutchman and Bill Moore were summarily executed by the German SD at 0600am 2nd December 1944 outside the main gates of the Apeldoorn Barracks. Despite Bill Moore pleading he was subject to the Geneva Convention as a American crew man shot down over the country, he was allegedly shot by the Camp Commandant.

This Memorial was erected in the spot the execution took place in December 1944.