Acknowledgements 
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I am indebted to a great number
of people for their assistance in producing this website. |
| "Uncle Will"
Hay, the collator of 49Sqn records
for the huge amount of information he has provided. |
| Herr Hermann Döbber a local historian in Gravenhorst for his help
with details of the raids on the Mittelland Canal. |
| Dr Eckhart Schenkel for his assistance with the history of the DEK. |
| The town council of Hörstel
for providing a copy of their excellent magazine covering 100
years of the Dortmund Ems Canal. |
| Dr Klaus Offenburg who contributed many of the articles to the Hörsteler
Magazine which provided much needed background information. |
| Herr Willi Untiet of Ladbergen for providing much of the information
concerning the German defences and attacks on the DEK. |
| Herr Smitz of the Kampfmittelbeseitigung in Detmold for details
of the post war bomb clearances. |
| Herr Stork from Ladbergen who provided all the ground level
photographs of the attacks on Ladbergen. |
| Mr Steve Vessey of Reepham for copies of Air Link, the newsletter
of the Lincolnshire Aviation Society which contained much useful
information. |
| Dr Axel Schollmeier of the Stadtmuseum for information about the DEK
in Münster. |
| Herr Andre Mairose of the WSA (Wasser-Und Schiffahrtsamt) in Rheine
for invaluable information about the reconstruction of the DEK
at Ladbergen. |
| The Commonwealth War Graves
Commission for details of burial
sites. |
| Mr John Hey and Herr Willi Riegert for details of crashsites. |
| Herr Johan Schuurman from Holland for details and pictures of flak
towers and Sgt Paul Patist of the Dutch Police for answering
my original enquiry. |
| Herr Riepling of the Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung for images
of the bomb clearance |
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Thank you also to the unknown
many who answered my questions about the canal as they were walking
their dogs or simply taking a quiet afternoon stroll. |