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Mathias (12) had his poem for airmen shot down in the war ready in an instant: ‘With freedom you can enjoy your life’

Mathias (12) had his poem for airmen shot down in the war ready in an instant: ‘With freedom you can enjoy your life’

Twelve-year-old Mathias wrote a poem for the annual commemoration at the Vliegermonument located in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen. The ceremony honors English airmen who were killed when their transport plane was shot down by German forces during World War II.

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