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

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Crash site of Halifax LV919-HD-O
13/05/1944

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Unit: 466 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: LV919-HD-O
Base: Leconfield
Mission: Hasselt
Crew officer: F/S L V Barnett
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Antwerpen)

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Facts

LV919-HD-O took off 2151 Leconfield to bomb railway yards at Hasselt. Shot down by Hptn Heinz Wolfgang-Schnaufer Stab 1J/NJG1 crashing at 0044 at Zondereigen (Antwerpen) 10 km NNW of Turnhout and practically on the border with Holland. All were buried at Antwerpen-Duerne on May 19th; their graves are now at Schoonselhof. F/O Pinn RAAF was a Batchelor in Economics and held a Diploma in Education

Sources:
462 and 466 Squadrons Web site
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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