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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Antwerpen:
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Crash site of Blenheim T2254-A
26/06/1942

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cest raf squadron
Unit:13 Squadron
Aircraft:Blenheim
Code: T2254-A
Base: Wattisham
Mission: Intruder
Crew officer: McMurray F
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Antwerpen)

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Facts

Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for an intruder operation to Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 11./Flak-Regiment 32 and crashed.
The three crew members rest at Schoonselhof cemetery in Antwerpen

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Sources:

The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1910-13-Squadron-Intruders-ops
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