RAF 550 Squadron Lancaster ME581 was lost during the night of April 22/23 1944 when it was shot down by a night-fighter while going from for bombing mission over Dusseldorf.
The aircraft crashed 5 km South-East of Spa (Liege), 10 km South of Verviers. She took off at 22h43 from North Killingholme airfield and crashed down round of two hours later. Witness declared she had yet the bombs onboard.
The Crew
After end of the war, young people of Spa came to try to find parts of the Lancaster ME581.
75 years after the facts, the crater caused by the crash subsits always
