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Elegy to
the Heroes of Silence

* To the 434 Squadron *
* To the crew of LL258-WL-W *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Halifax LL258-WL-W
28/04/1944

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 434 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: LL258-WL-W
Base: Croft
Mission: Montzen
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Limburg)

crash

Facts

akeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who was scrambled from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF at 01:07 hrs.
The crew all rest at Heverlee War Cemetery in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant.

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