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Belgian SOE and IS Agents fallen during their mission

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Name: BRICHAUX, Désiré Constant
Rank: Capt
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 20-04-1943
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Halifax BB313-NF-M
Station departure: Tempsfort
Crash location: NW of Charleroi
Cemetery: ?
Operation: Operation Physician 22/ Alsatian/ Lemur 2/ Lemur 3. Alsatian was to encourage resistance in industry.
Reason of loss: Killed when his parachute failed to open, north-west of Charleroi, Belgium. Captained by S/L Robinson

To the page of the crash of Halifax BB313-NF-M

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: DE BISSCHOP, Fernand
Rank: Lt.
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent S.I.S.
Date of death: 23-11-1942
Squadron: 161
Aircraft: Whitley Z6629-MA-N
Station departure: Tempsfort
Crash location: Presumed in the sea
Cemetery: ?
Operation: Special Operations Executive- Operation Periwig 7 and Printo
Reason of loss: Presumed lost over the sea

To the page of the crash of Whitley Z6629-MA-N

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: DEFLEM, Jean V.
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr:
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 01-05-1942
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Whitley Z9230-NF
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Case of dropping
Cemetery: Buried in Belgium
Operation: Lamb/Mule/Sable/Retriever- drop zone Lessines, Belgium.
Reason of loss: Wireless sets dropped in earlier operations had been siezed by the Abwehr and were being used to lure agents into traps, this being one such trap. The Germans were waiting and this agent was killed in the ensuing gun fight. His two compatriots, Picquart (codename Lamb) and Kaanen (codename Sable), were also killed. The pilot, Squadron Leader Davies, reported having seen the triangular lights indicating the drop zone and was unaware of the fate of the agents.

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Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: KAANEN, Leon
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr:
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 01-05-1942
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Whitley Z9230-NF-
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Case of dropping
Cemetery: Buried in Belgium
Operation: Operation Lamb/Mule/Sable/Retriever- drop zone Lessines, Belgium.
Reason of loss: Wireless sets dropped in earlier operations had been siezed by the Abwehr and were being used to lure agents into traps, this being one such trap. The Germans were waiting and this agent was killed in the ensuing gun fight. His two compatriots, Picquart (codename Lamb) and Deflem (codename Mule), were also killed. The pilot, Squadron Leader Davies, reported having seen the triangular lights indicating the drop zone and was unaware of the fate of the agents.

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Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: PICQUART, Jacques
Rank: Lt.
Service Nr:
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 01-05-1942
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Whitley Z9230-NF-
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Case of dropping
Cemetery: Buried in Belgium
Operation: Lamb/Mule/Sable/Retriever- drop zone Lessines, Belgium
Reason of loss: Wireless sets dropped in earlier operations had been siezed by the Abwehr and were being used to lure agents into traps, this being one such trap. The Germans were waiting and this agent was killed in the ensuing gun fight. His two compatriots, Picquart (codename Lamb) and Deflem (codename Mule), were also killed. The pilot, Squadron Leader Davies, reported having seen the triangular lights indicating the drop zone and was unaware of the fate of the agents.

To the page of the crash of Whitley Z9230-NF-

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: DEPREZ, Robert A.
Rank: Lt
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 31-03-1944
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Halifax LL287-NF-S
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Case of dropping
Cemetery: Buried in Netherlands
Operation: Special Operations Executive- Operation Osric 27 to transport two Belgian agents to a drop-zone south of Antwerp, using the Nuremberg raid as cover
Reason of loss: Hit by flak over the River Scheldtand ditched just west of Hansweert, Holland

To the page of the crash of Halifax LL307-NF-J

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: FILOT, Henri A.
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 03-06-1944
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Halifax LL307-NF-J
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Stavenisse, NL
Cemetery: Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Coll. grave 24. A. 2-10.
Operation: Special Operations Executive- Operation Roderigo 1 and Osric 77, for Belgium
Reason of loss: Shot down by a He219 night-fighter crewed by Hptm. Strüning & Oblt. Apel, and crashed on Stavenisse, Netherlands. A third agent, Sgt. G. Masereel of the Belgian Army survived the crash and became a prisoner of war.

To the page of the crash of Halifax LL307-NF-J

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: STROOBANTS, Louis Julien
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 03-06-1944
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Halifax LL307-NF-J
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Stavenisse, NL
Cemetery: Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Coll. grave 24. A. 2-10
Operation: Special Operations Executive- Operation Roderigo 1 and Osric 77, for Belgium
Reason of loss: Shot down by a He219 night-fighter crewed by Hptm. Strüning & Oblt. Apel, and crashed on Stavenisse, Netherlands. A third agent, Sgt. G. Masereel of the Belgian Army survived the crash and became a prisoner of war.

To the page of the crash of Halifax LL307-NF-J

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: GIROULLE, Albert
Rank: Lt
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 31-03-1944
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Halifax LL287-NF-S
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Hansweert, Holland
Cemetery: No known grave
Operation: Special Operations Executive- Operation Osric 27 to transport two Belgian agents to a drop-zone south of Antwerp, using the Nuremberg raid as cover
Reason of loss: Hit by flak over the River Scheldtand ditched just west of Hansweert, Holland

To the page of the crash of Halifax LL287-NF-S

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: GOFFIN, Hector
Rank: Sgt
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 08-01-1944
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Halifax LK743-NF-J
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Tetworth Hill near Bedford
Cemetery: Buried Unknown
Operation: Special Operations Executive- Operation Tybalt 3 and Thersites 4, for Belgium
Reason of loss: Returned after the operation but crashed at Tetworth Hill near Bedford

To the page of the crash of Halifax LK743-NF-J

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: MICHAUX, René
Rank: Sergeant
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 08-01-1944
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Halifax LK743-NF-J
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Tetworth Hill near Bedford
Cemetery: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 26 Row D Grave 13
Operation: Special Operations Executive- Operation Tybalt 3 and Thersites 4, for Belgium
Reason of loss: Returned after the operation but crashed at Tetworth Hill near Bedford

To the page of the crash of Halifax LK743-NF-J

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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Name: VERHAEGEN Henri
Rank: Captain
Service Nr: ?
Trade: Agent SOE
Date of death: 08-01-1944
Squadron: 138
Aircraft: Halifax LK743-NF-J
Station departure: Tempsford
Crash location: Tetworth Hill near Bedford
Cemetery: Buried Mortseldorp, Antwerp
Operation: Special Operations Executive- Operation Tybalt 3 and Thersites 4, for Belgium
Reason of loss: Returned after the operation but crashed at Tetworth Hill near Bedford

To the page of the crash of Halifax LK743-NF-J

Sources:
International Bomber Command Centre (IBBC)

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