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

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Crash site of Wellington Z8795-OJ-C
20/01/1941

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 159 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: Z8795-OJ-C
Base: Mildenhall
Mission: Bremen
Crew officer: P/O HODGE A C L
Incident: ?

Location: (Prov. Antwerpen)

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Facts

The aircraft was hit over the river by the Flak - perhaps the crew took the river Schelde course to reach its target.
Their plane crashed at a quarter past nine o'clock on the surface of the water of the Scheldt, near the lock of Kruisschans (Lillo)..

Sources:
www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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