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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Hainaut:
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Last update: 25/06/23

Elegy to
the Heroes of Silence

* To the 97 Squadron *
* To the crew of R5502-OF-M *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster R5502-OF-M
28/08/1942

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 97 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: R5502-OF-M
Base: Woodhall-Spa
Mission: Nurenberg
Crew officer: Fl/Sgt DINNING, JOHN HECTOR
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Hainaut)

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Facts

Takeoff at 21:02 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Adolf Brandstetter of the 9./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Laon-Athies airfield in France.

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