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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Limburg:
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Crash site of Whitley Z6569-MH-S
19/08/1941

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 51 Squadron
Aircraft: Whitley
Code: Z6569-MH-S
Base: Dishforth
Mission: Koln
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Limburg)

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Facts

T/o 21.51h Dishforth. Mission Colonge Shot down by a night fighter (Oblt Hermann Reese 2./NJG1) ,which fatally wounded Sgt Evetts,and crashed near Vliermaalroot 9 Km SE of Hasselt,Belgium. Sgt Evetts is buried in the Canadian War Cemetery , Adegem

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Parts of the aircraft found by Planes-Hunters

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