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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Antwerpen:
Balen-Olmen

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Crash site of Wellington Z1316-QT-H
30/07/1942

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 142 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: Z1316-QT-H
Base: Grimsby
Mission: Saarbrücken
Crew officer: Sgt Kenneth McLennan
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: Baelen-Olmen (Prov. Antwerpen)

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Facts

In the early morning of 30 July 1942 the inhabitants of the Belgian villages of Olmen and Balen were woken by a fierce air battle over the town. A German night fighter targeted a Wellington bomber of No.142 Squadron returning from a raid on Saarbrucken. The fight was finally resolved in a victory for German fighter ace Oberleutnant Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin. The bomber crashed in a meadow near Olmen and immediately caught fire. All six crew members were killed in the crash.
Source: Trace of War

Sources:

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