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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Liege:
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* To the 101 Squadron *
* To the crew of Z1594-SR *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Wellington Z1594-SR
25/08/1942

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 101 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: Z1594-SR
Base:
Mission: Frankfurt
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Liege)

crash

Facts

Operation - Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Autenrieth & Unteroffizier Rudolf Adam of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Two members of the crew died there : F/Sgt Clarence S. Elkington RCAF (pilot, 24 years old) and Sgt John H. Garland (air gunner, 20 y.). They were buried at Brustem, today they rest at Heverlee. The others were taken prisoner of war (Sgt A. Keir - Sgt L.T. Goat RCAF - Sgt A.E. Young RCAF).

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