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Location of RAF aircraft's crashes in the Province of Vlaams-Brabant
Haasrode

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* To the 78 Squadron *
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* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Halifax JB873-EY-J
13/05/1943

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 78 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: JB873-EY-J
Base: Linton on Ouse
Mission: Bochum
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Vlaams Brabant)

crash

Facts

Took off from its base at Linton-on-Ouse at 23.29 hours. Was attacked and shot down by a night fighter of Lt Wolfgang Schnaufer II./NJG1 and crashed between Oud-Heverlee and Haasrode (Brabant). Both pilots who were killed were laid to rest in the Haasrode Churchyard. The only evader, Sgt Goddard returned to the UK and was decorated with the DFM, details being gazetted 17th August 1943.

Sources:
Air Crew Remembrance Society
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
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