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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of West-Vlaanderen:
Off the Belgian coast

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* To the 111 Squadron *
* To the crew of P3105 *
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* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Hurricane P3105
11/08/1940

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 111 Squadron
Aircraft: Hurricane
Code: P3105
Base:
Mission: Patrol
Crew officer: P/O COPEMAN, JACK HARRY HAMILTON
Incident: shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)

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Facts

On 11th August Copeman was shot down and killed in combat off Margate, his Hurricane P3105 coming down in the Channel. He was 27 years old.
His body was washed ashore in Belgium and he was buried in Middlekerke Communal Cemetery.

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