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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Liege:
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* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Spitfire SM279
13/01/1945

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 416 Squadron
Aircraft: Spitfire
Code: SM279
Base: Kleine Brogel (Belgium)
Mission: Recce
Crew officer: F/O BRIDGMAN, WILLIAM FREDERICK
Incident: Hit by German Flak

Location: (Prov. Liege)

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Facts

On 13 January, F/O William Frederick Bridgman failed to return from patrol, when his Spitfire SM279 was hit by flak.
Bridgman came from London, Ontario, and is buried in the War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium.

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On the left is F/O M. R. “Mush” Sharun. On the wing is F/L D. W. Harling . Below is F/O W.F. Bridgman, then F/O W.D. “Wally” Hill and F/O Gordon “Gord” Hill, W/O L. J. “Lou”Jean, F/L W. R. “Webb” Harten, F/O J. Leyland and F/O R.W. “Tap” Tapley.

Sources:
Clarence Simonsen Wordpress
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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