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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Antwerpen:
Wommelgem

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the Heroes of Silence


* To the 100 Squadron *
* To the crew of ED553-HW-R *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster ED553-HW-R
17/06/1943

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 100 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: ED553-HW-R
Base: Grimsby
Mission: Koln
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Antwerpen)

crash

Facts

Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+CH from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.

Sources:
Aviation Safety
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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