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Crash sites outside of border whose airmen are buried in Province of Luxemburg
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Elegy to
the Heroes of Silence


* To the 128 Squadron *
* To the crew of MP186-V *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Typhoon MP186-V
24/12/1944

aircraft
crest raf squadron
Unit: 128 Squadron
Aircraft: Typhoon
Code: MP186-V
Base:
Mission: Patrol
Crew officer: F/O WASHBURN, DEAN JEROME
Incident: Hit by Flak

Location: (Prov. Luxembourg)

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Facts

Aircraft flown by (J29339) F/O D.J. Washburn 438 SQN RCAF. One of 2 x 438 SQN losses to accurate German FLAK during mission (other loss was F/O R.F. Breen flying Typhoon MP178). Aircraft hit too low (approx 600 feet) to allow safe bale out, pilot killed in crash.





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F/O Dean Washburn and his Typhoon (Picture: 128 Squadron RAF)

Sources:

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