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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Antwerpen:
Lichtaart

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Crash site of Manchester L7465-OL-H
25/03/1942

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 83 Squadron
Aircraft: Manchester
Code: L7465-OL-H
Base: Scampton
Mission: Essen
Crew officer: P/O Christopher Hugh DANIELSON
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Antwerpen)

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Facts

The aircraft left RAF Scampton at 2045LT on March 25 on a bombing mission to Essen, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lichtaart, some 12 km southwest of Turnhout. All seven crew members were killed.

Sources:
Wings Museum
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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