Marcus Christ tells us that on the weekend of 7/8th July 2012 he met family members of John Henry Waterfall who died after he was shot down in his Wellington bomber R 3236 south of Jever airbase on 7Jul40.   A former firefighter, Heino Dirks, joined the party.   Heino attended the original crash in 1940.   Later Heino was a firefighter in the GSO at RAF Jever and was involved in fighting the flames of the Stadtkirche.   (Click to see.)   He is now 90 years of age and still very fit!   This is a photo of the plaque which was put there just a few days ago.   It was erected by the German Air Force Captain Charlie Pfeifer (ret.) as a kind of surprise for the Waterfall family which came over to Jever last weekend.   However, the makeshift memorial has been removed soon after as it is likely to attract "treasure hunters" who will dig for debris.   Although it has to be removed it is intended to honour the fallen of Wellington R3236 so it will be replaced by five yew trees as proposed by the Forestry Officials.   It is planned to have a remembrance event in July 2015 at the 75th anniversary of the crash.   It might be a remembrance and reconciliation service held at Jever cemetery and/or the crash site.   It depends on how many Germans and next of kin are involved.   The Waterfall family are trying to find members of the other families of the fallen of Wellington R3236.   It could become a greater event.   It is remarkable that the five dead were buried first at Jever cemetery with full military honours by a German Navy Chaplain in 1940!   This was just days before the Battle of Britain.   It shows that there were at least some decent people in Jever in those days.   Jack Waterfall, the nephew of J. H. Waterfall, prepared this web site a couple of years ago giving the background to the crash in 1940 .   Follow this link: http://www.crashplace.de/R3236.pdf   (Thanks to Marcus Christ.)