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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Walloon Brabant:
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* To the 149 Squadron *
* To the crew of W7508-OJ-D *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Stirling W7508-OJ-D
6/06/1942

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Unit: 149 Squadron
Aircraft: Stirling
Code: W7508-OJ-D
Base: Kakenhead
Mission: Essen
Crew officer: P/O Peter Levinge Clayton
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Walloon Brabant)

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Facts

Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation against the steel-producing town of Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Walter Barte of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Those who did not survive rest at Adegem, Maldegem in Oost-Vlaanderen

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Stirling Mk I W7508 fuselage under construction at Longbridge (World War Photo)

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