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

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* To the 9 Squadron *
* To the crew of PD205-WS-H *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster PD205-WS-H
12/07/1944

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 9 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: PD205-WS-H
Base: Bardney
Mission: Kortrijk
Crew officer: P/O MORRISS, JOHN HOWARD
Incident: Shot down during bombing of Kortrijk rail station

Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)

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Facts

Took off from RAF Bardney at 23:22 with orders to bomb railway yards. Crashed at Bissegem (West-Vlaanderen) about 6 km W of Courtrai. Six are buried in Wevelgem Communal Cemetery, while the grave of Sgt Morriss RCAF is at Adegem Canadian War Cemetery.

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