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


* To the 156 Squadron *
* To the crew of X3728-GT *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Wellington X3728-GT
29/08/1942

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Unit: 156 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: X3728-GT
Base: Warboys
Mission: Nuremberg
Crew officer: F/O Hill
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Vlaams Brabant)

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Facts

Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time for an operation to Nürnberg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ehle & Oberfeldwebel Leidenbach of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
The five crew members rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven.

Sources:

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