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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Namur:
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Elegy to
the Heroes of Silence


* To the 78 Squadron *
* To the crew of LK749-EY-J *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Halifax LK749-EY-J
27/03/1944

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 78 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: LK749-EY-J
Base:
Mission: Esen
Crew officer: P/O WEEKS, CYRIL ALFRED
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Namur)

crash

Facts

705 aircraft - 476 Lancasters, 207 Halifaxes, 22 Mosquitos. The sudden switch by Bomber Command to a Ruhr target just across the German frontier caught the German fighter controllers by surprise and only 9 aircraft - 6 Lancasters, 3 Halifaxes - were lost.
Essen was covered by cloud but the Oboe Mosquitos marked the target well and this was a successful attack

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