"Belgians Remember Them": RAF aircraft's crash sites in West Vlaanderen: Snaaskerke

* To the 115 Squadron *
* To the crew of Z8788-KO-H *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Wellington Z8788-KO-H
21/07/1941

Unit: 115 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: Z8788-KO-H
Base: Marham
Mission: Manheim
Crew officer: Sgt Johnston Norman Lachlan
Incident: Hit by German Flak

Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)

Facts

On this night 37 Wellingtons and 34 Hampdens visited Frankfurt and 36 Wellingtons and eight Halifaxes attacked Mannheim.
Wellington Z8788-KO-H was hit by Flak battery positionned to the village of Mariakerke. It crashed to the village of Snaaskerke; one civilian was killed in the accident. All cres members perished in the crash.

The wreckage of the aircraft which fell on a house of village of Snaaskerke (Pictures: Rate One)

Sources:
aircrewremembered.com/payne-frank
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered

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

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

Crash site of Wellington Z8788-KO-H
21/07/1941

Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)

Facts

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

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

Crash site of Wellington Z8788-KO-H21/07/1941

Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)

Facts

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

Crash site of Wellington Z8788-KO-H
21/07/1941