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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of West-Vlaanderen:
Brugge

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Last update: 25/06/23


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* To the 332 Squadron *
* To the crew of W3833 *
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Crash site of Spitfire W3833
24/07/1942

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 332 Squadron
Aircraft: Spitfire
Code: W3833
Base: North Weald
Mission: Rhubarb-Belgium
Crew officer: Sgt Malm E, R
Incident: Hit by Flak

Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)

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Facts

Sgts Marius Eriksen and Eirik Rolfson Malm went on Rhubarb in Belgium, first attacking canon emplacements, then turned their attention to a train that was attacked several times and destroyed. Sgt Malm came in too low on one strafe and made contact with a tank carriage and crashed. Sgt Eriksen considered that Malm had been hit by flak earlier during the ops. The code of W3833 was AH-E. Site was about 3 miles W of Bruges. Extracted from various Norwegian sources.

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