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

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Crash site of Wellington HE184-SE-M
12/06/1943

aircraft
cest raf squadron
Unit: 431 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: HE184-SE-M
Base: Burn
Mission: Düsseldorf
Crew officer: P/O EAGLESHAM W D
Incident: shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)

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Facts

Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 7./NJG 4 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EH from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Coned by Scheinwerfer nr. 13 and also claimed by Marine Flak of Nordbatterie, Westbatterie and Südbatterie Vlissingen.

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