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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Walloon Brabant:

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Last update: 25/06/23

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* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Moquito DK322-GB-P

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Unit: 105 Squadron
Aircraft: Mosquito
Code: DK322-GB-P
Base:
Mission: Frankfurt
Crew officer: Sgt Kenneth Cyril PICKETT
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: Tourinnes-la-Grosse

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Facts

Mosquito DK322/P – T/o at 15:02 hrs for mission to Frankfurt. Missing. Duel with Fw Roden Erwin 12./JG1. Crashed at 18:30 hrs near Tourinnes-la-Grosse 11km SSE of Leuven. 6.9.1942
Evans was killed and buried to Heverlee War cemetery, Pickett bailed out and survived as POW.

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