Andrew McEwin, pictured above as a schoolboy, enlisted in the air force during World War 2. He was on a Stirling bomber which was shot down near Markelo in eastern Holland while returning from a bombing raid on Germany. On 23 June 2008 a memorial to the crew of the bomber was unveiled by the New Zealand Ambassador to the Netherlands. It bears the words "They gave their lives for our freedom". The memorial features the burnt-out engine of a Stirling bomber, and is alongside a walking path on the outskirts of Markelo.