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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Walloon Brabant:
Saint-Rémy-Geest

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Last update: 25/06/23

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the Heroes of Silence

* To the 4 Squadron *
* To the crew of L4742-TV-H*
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lysander L4742-TV-H
14/05/1940

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Unit: 4 Squadron
Aircraft: Lysander
Code: L4742-TV-H
Base: Monchy-Lagache
Mission: Recce
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: Saint-Rémy-Geest (Prov. Walloon Brabant)

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Facts

Took off at 17.20 hrs. Presumed to have been shot down by Oberlt Kupka, Bf 109, 9./JG3 during sortie over Gembloux, 18.30 hrs. The Lysander crashed in the village Campagne du Reck, near St.-Remigius-Geest.

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Lysander L4742 in 1939 (Aviation Banter.com)

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