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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Antwerpen:
Morkhoven

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Last update: 25/06/23


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* To the 83 Squadron *
* To the crew of R5610-OL-C *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster R5610-OL-C
27/04/1943

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Unit: 83 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: R5610-OL-C
Base: Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Mission: Frankfurt
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Antwerpen)

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Facts

Takeoff at 20:51 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Walter Barte of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Four graves of the Pathfinder-Lancaster crew can be found in the cemetery of Morkhoven: F/Lt Robert M. Buchan, a 22 year old observer who, just like his pilot, already wore the DFC ribbon, the 20-year old flight engineer Sgt Peter Squires and the two air gunners, Sgt Edward Norman and Sgt Harold D. Quintrell (20 yrs).

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The graves of the Airmen (extr. from Aircrew Remembered)

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