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Location of RAF aircraft's crashes in Walloon Brabant
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* To the 429 Squadron *
* To the crew of HZ521-AL *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Wellington HZ521-AL
25/06/1943

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cest raf squadron
Unit: Squadron 429
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: HZ521-AL
Base: East Moor
Mission: Wuppertal
Crew officer: Fl Sergeant Hick H.
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Walloon Brabant)

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Facts

Takeoff at 23:06 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.

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