In September 1943 Knight was piloting a stricken Lancaster near Den Ham. He managed to keep the aircraft high enough for the crew to bail out and to avoid the village below. The crew and the residents survived but Knight’s aircraft crash landed and he was killed.
A memorial has been built outside the village and an active group of residents continue to promote the memory of this brave act. On 4th May this year one of only two still flying Lancasters set out from the UK to fly over a number of WW2 commemorative sites in Belgium and the Netherlands including Den Ham.
The video below shows the locals assembling near the memorial and the actual flypast.
We recommend you also check out this facebook page for some amazing footage of the aircraft - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Les.Knight.DSO/
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