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

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Crash site of Blenheim L9399
15/05/1940

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 53 Squadron
Aircraft: Blenheim
Code: L9399
Base:
Mission:
Crew officer: P/O BONE, PETER KNOWLES
Incident: Shot down by 'friendly fire' from Hawker Hurricane of 504 Squadron over Froyennes (Tournai) at 08.50.

Location: (Prov. Hainaut)

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Facts

Took off from Poix. Shot down by F/L Owen of 504 Squadron and crashed near Couture de Froyennes, near Tournai (Doornik).
At 09.00 hrs planes from 53 Squadron fly via Tournai to Dinant. British soldiers transported on the Tournai-Lille railroad see a Hurricane attacking a twin engined aircraft and shooting it down. Wildly cheering they watch this aircraft exploding in a ball of fire at Ramegnies-Chin near Couture de Froyennes.
In the wreckage the bodies of P/O Bone and Sgt Cronin are found. A third charred body is pulled by parachute ropes out of the molten metal and buried in Ramegnies-Chin Churchyard. As combat broke out there was no time to identify him.'

Sources:
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The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
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