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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Liege:
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* To the 431 Squadron *
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* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Halifax MZ536-SE-F
28/04/1944

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Unit: 431 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: MZ536-SE-F
Base:
Mission: Montzen
Crew officer: P/O John Gilson
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Liege)

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Facts

In the Spring of 1944 the RAF Bomber Command of the Allied Forces prepared the landing in Normandy by nightbombing railway facilities in Belgium. On Thursday the 27th of April, 144 bombers consisting of 120 Halifaxes, 16 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos left their airfields. They had to attack the rai l way yards at Montzen Belgium, only ten kilometers from Aachen, Germany.

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(Aircrew Remembered)

Sources:

The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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