Banner




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

RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of West-Vlaanderen:
Kortrijk

* Return to the previous page *


Vers le site en français

Last update: 25/06/23


Elegy to
the Heroes of Silence


* To the 101 Squadron *
* To the crew of W4967-SR-P *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster W4967-SR-P
21/07/1944

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 101 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: W4967-SR-P
Base: Ludford Magna
Mission: Kortrijk
Crew officer: P/O SIMPSON, ROBERT ALEXANDER
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)

crash

Facts

Kortrijk experienced a terrible night from 21 to 22 July 1944. In two waves, 302 Lancasters and 15 Mosquitos dropped their deadly charges. The target was the Kortrijk station, a crucial link for the Germans for the supply of war material to France. In Kortrijk 250 people were killed, hundreds were injured. Three Lancasters Mk.I landed on the territory of Kortrijk and Bissegem: the W4967 SR-P of the 101 Sqn RAF (at the Carmelite Monastery, Kortrijk), the LM101 PO-J of the 467 Sqn RAAF (Vercruysselaan, Kortrijk) and the PD205 WS-H of the 9 Sqn RAF (Bissegem).

Sources:

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

Back to the top

logo
"The Belgians Remember Them" - Rue de Maulde, 2 - B/7830 HOVES (Silly), Belgique - Tel: +32/(0)479/245.148
Bank: BE97 0018 3886 3049 - BIC: GEBABEBB - Email: belgian.remember(at)gmail.com

Reproduction or distribution in any form of texts, lists and documents presented on this site is forbidden without the express authorization of the author
© Copyright "THE BELGIANS REMEMBER THEM" - 2017, all rights reserved - for all countries

Logo Wilfred Burie Webmastering Compteur.fr analytics