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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Namur:
Hamois-en-Condroz

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* To the 102 Squadron *
* To the crew of W7653-DY-A *
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* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Halifax W7653-DY-A
2/04/1942

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Unit: 102 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: W7653-DY-A
Base: Dalton
Mission: Koln
Crew officer: Lt Carr L W
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Namur)

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Facts

The Halifax took off from Dalton at 9:38 p.m. and was shot down on the return flight north of Ciney by a German night fighter piloted by Oblt Reinhard Eckardt from 6./NJG3. It crashed around 00:30 on April 28 near Hamois. Three men were killed: mechanic Thomas Kenneth Robinson, machine gunner Iorwerth Edwards and machine gunner / radio operator James Garroway. All three rest in the Heverlee cemetery near Leuven / Louvain (Belgium).
The machine gunner H. Lee (920228) was taken prisoner and interned at the Stalag Luft 1 in Barth in Germany (POW n ° 247). William Ralston will manage to escape capture, as will Lawrence Carr and Ronald Shoebridge . As we will see below, Ralston and Shoebridge will not have the same luck as their pilot Carr, who will be able to succeed in his escape.

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The wreck of Halifax W7653-DY-A

Sources:
Halifax-371kno
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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