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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Limburg:
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the Heroes of Silence


* To the 460 Squadron *
* To the crew of Z1404-UV-J *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Wellington Z1404-UV-J
13/08/1942

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 460 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: Z1404-UV-J
Base: Breighton
Mission: Mainz
Crew officer: P/O Clegg W A
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Limburg)

crash

Facts

Takeoff at 22:08 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Autenrieth & Unteroffizier Rudolf Adam of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
All five crew members rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant.

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