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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Hainaut:
Grandreng

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the Heroes of Silence

* To the 432 Squadron *
* To the crew of LW594-CO-G *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Halifax LW594-CO-G
9/05/1944

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 432 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: LW594-CO-G
Base: East Moor
Mission: Haine-St-Pierre
Crew officer: P/O IBBOTSON, HARRY
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Hainaut)

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Facts

Shot down on the night of May 8 to 9, 1944, shot by a night hunter from IV / NJG4 (Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer) during a mission on the station of Haine-Saint-Pierre, Belgium.
Crashed at 03:32 on May 9 at Grand-Reng near Erquelinnes, Hainaut.

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The first graves of the victims of the crash of Grand-Reng

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