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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Namur:
Sautour

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* To the 83 Squadron *
* To the crew of JB724-OL-V *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster JB724-OL-V
27/01/1944

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 83 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: JB724-OL-V
Base:
Mission: Berlin
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Namur)

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Facts

The crew took off from Wyton (UK) to Berlin and FTR. Shot down on the way back home by Luftwaffe nightfighter Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget. AC crashed near Sautour (Philippeville) at 23.30 hr.
7 KIA, initialy buried at Jusaine, now re-buried at Hotton. That night, Bomber Command would loose 34 planes

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