"Belgians Remember Them": Places of RAF aircraft's crashes: Schaffen

* To the 218 Squadron *
* To the crew of BK688-HA-A *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Stirling BK688-HA-A
30/05/1943

Unit: 218 Squadron
Aircraft: Stirling
Code: BK688-HA-A
Base: Downham Market
Mission: Wuppertal
Crew officer: Fl/Lt Abbiss L W
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Vlaams Brabant)

Facts

Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EC from St Trond airfield.

Military funerals given by Germans to the crewmen of BK688 (Picture: Aircrew Remembered)

Sources:

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

* Report: July 15th, 2023: The Belgians Parade to the London Cenotaph *

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

Crash site of Stirling BK688-HA-A
30/05/1943

Location: (Prov. Vlaams Brabant)

Facts

* Report: July 15th, 2023: The Belgians Parade to the London Cenotaph *

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

Crash site of Stirling BK688-HA-A30/05/1943

Location: (Prov. Vlaams Brabant)

Facts

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

Crash site of Stirling BK688-HA-A
30/05/1943