▁The ▁fare well ▁was ▁dest ined ▁to ▁be ▁proph etic . ▁Only ▁eight ▁weeks ▁after ▁its ▁triumph ▁in ▁the ▁cent en ary ▁air ▁race ▁the ▁" U iver " ▁crash ed ▁near ▁R ut bah ▁Well s ▁in ▁the ▁Sy rian ▁Des ert ▁in ▁Ira q ▁and ▁all ▁those ▁ab o ard ▁were ▁killed . ▁None ▁of ▁those ▁killed ▁were ▁on ▁board ▁the ▁" U iver " ▁on ▁its ▁flight ▁to ▁Australia . ▁Fund ed ▁by ▁subscri ptions ▁taken ▁up ▁in ▁Al bury , ▁a ▁bronze ▁and ▁mar ble ▁stat u ette ▁craft ed ▁by ▁Paul ▁Mont ford , ▁the ▁sculpt or ▁for ▁Melbourne ' s ▁S hr ine ▁of ▁Rem emb rance , ▁was ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁August ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁presented ▁to ▁the ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Amsterdam , ▁Dr ▁W . ▁de ▁V l ug ht , ▁as ▁an ▁expression ▁of ▁thanks ▁for ▁the ▁gener os ity ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Holland ▁following ▁the ▁saving ▁of ▁the ▁" U iver " ▁by ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Al bury , ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁memory ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁lost ▁their ▁lives ▁in ▁the ▁subsequent ▁crash ▁landing ▁of ▁the ▁" U iver ". ▁ ▁Radio ▁operator ▁Corn el is ▁van ▁Bru g ge ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁when ▁the ▁Luft wa ffe ▁shot ▁down ▁the ▁K LM ▁DC - 3 ▁char tered ▁by ▁BO AC ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁flying ▁over ▁the ▁Bay ▁of ▁B isc ay ▁en ▁route ▁from ▁Lis bon ▁to ▁Br istol . ▁Captain ▁Ko ene