"Belgians Remember Them": RAF aircraft's crash sites: North Sea (NL)

* To the 78 Squadron *
* To the crew of W1237-EY-P *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *

Crash site of Halifax W1237-EY-P
7/08/1942

Unit: 78 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: W1237-EY-P
Base: Middletown-St-George
Mission: Duisburg
Crew officer: F/O. J.M.J.A. d'Ursel
Incident: Crahed into the sea after been hit by. German fighter

Location:
North sea, Hoek van Holland (NL)

Facts

Takeoff at 00:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Crashed into North Sea 10 km w of Hoek van Holland. Five of the crew are missing in action

Sources:
Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered

* Report: July 15th, 2023: The Belgians Parade to the London Cenotaph *

RAF aircraft's crash sites in which Belgians were involved:
North Sea (NL)

Crash site of Halifax W1237-EY-P
7/08/1942

Location:
North sea, Hoek van Holland (NL)

Facts

* Report: July 15th, 2023: The Belgians Parade to the London Cenotaph *

RAF aircraft's crash sites in which Belgians were involved:North Sea (NL)

Crash site of Halifax W1237-EY-P7/08/1942

Location: North sea, Hoek van Holland (NL)

Facts

RAF aircraft's crash sites in which Belgians were involved:
North Sea (NL)

Crash site of Halifax W1237-EY-P
7/08/1942

Location:
North sea, Hoek van Holland (NL)