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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Limburg:
Tongeren

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the Heroes of Silence


* To the 434 Squadron *
* To the crew of Halifax EB255-IP-P *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Halifax EB255-IP-P
23/08/1943

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 434 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: EB255-IP-P
Base: Tholthorpe
Mission: Leverkussen
Crew officer: P/O HARRISON, RICHARD SAMUEL
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Limburg)

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Facts

Halifax V EB255 IP-P 434 Sqn. Mission: Leverkusen.
Take off 21.12 Tholthorpe. Believed shot down by a night-fighter (Lt. Hans Witzke, IV./NJG1), and crashed in the vicinity of Tongeren (Belgium).
All were laid to rest at St.Truiden on 24 August, since when their remains have been exhumed and brought to Heverlee war Cemetery.

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