On 2nd November1944, a Handley Page Halifax bomber MZ-829 KNX-Y was shot down, while returning from a bombing raid over Düsseldorf, Germany. The Halifax bomber ripped through the Belgian skies, crashing in the small village of Jalhay, Belgium. A crew of seven manned the Halifax; a pilot and co-pilot worked the enclosed flight deck, a navigator/bombardier/gunner, radio operator, flight engineer, and two gunners in the fuselage. All seven crew members were killed in action, six Canadians and one Scot.
All seven crew members are buried at Hotton War Cemetery. Local land owner, Mr Albert Adans, his wife Margrave, and two daughters, Marie-Josa and Jeannine, and a local resident by the name of Gilbert Rode, witnessed the crash.
Source: https://www.spiritofremembrance.com/profiles/blogs/canadian-memorial-at-tigelot
Spot of the crash
Wreckage of MZ829
