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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Liege:
Prüm (In Germany, near Saint-Vith)

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Last update: 25/06/23

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the Heroes of Silence

* To the 460 Squadron *
* To the crew of JB598-AR-C *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster JB598-AR-C
26/03/1944

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 46 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: JB598-AR-C
Base: Binbrook
Mission: Essen
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Liege - Germany)

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Facts

Lancaster number JB598 took off from RAF Binbrook at 2012 hours on the night of 26th March 1944 for a bombing raid on Essen. The plane crashed on the German/Belgian border at Prum (Germany). The whole crew were killed and are today buried side by side at Hotton Military Cemetery (Belgium). Immediately after the crash however they were interred in the town cemetery at St Vith (Belgium) and there bodies moved after the war.

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