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Location of RAF aircraft's crashes in the Province of Vlaams-Brabant
Melsbroek

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Crash site of Mosquito LR508-HS
25/04/1945

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Unit: 109 Squadron
Aircraft: Mosquito
Code: LR508-HS
Base: Staughton
Mission: Schleissheim
Crew officer: P/O LYNN, THOMAS
Incident: Landing crshed due to damages caused by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Vlaams Brabant)

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Facts

Mosquito LR508 Mission op.Schleissheim. - 24.4.1945
T/o at 22:13 hrs from RAF Little Staughton to attack an airfield. Homebound, the crew diverted to B.58 Brussels-Melsbroek but missed the approach, attempted an overshoot to go round again, pulled up too steeply, stalled and dived into the ground.

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