In the night of 20/21 April Bomber Command organizes a raid to Mannheim. A plane would be lost in our country. The Hampden X3119 'OL-R' of the 83 Sqdn crashes near the West Flemish Houthulst near "'t Vijvertje". Four charred bodies are buried at the municipal cemetery.
The graves of the Airmen of X3119, resting into the cemetery of Houthulst