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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Hainaut:
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the Heroes of Silence


* To the 101 Squadron *
* To the crew of DV308-SR-V *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster DV308-SR-V
2/01/1944

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 101 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: DV308-SR-V
Base: Ludfort Magna
Mission: berlin
Crew officer: P/O Bell D J
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Hainaut)

crash

Facts

The aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield. Damaged in the main fuel tank, it exploded in mid-air.

Sources:

The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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