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RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Limburg:
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the Heroes of Silence


* To the 467 Squadron *
* To the crew of LL792-PO-E *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Lancaster LL792-PO-E
11/05/1944

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cest raf squadron
Unit: 467 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: LL792-PO-E
Base: Waddington
Mission: Leopoldsburg
Crew officer: P/O BALMER, JOHN RAEBURN
Incident: collided

Location: (Prov. Limburg)

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Facts

Takeoff at 22:25 hrs for an operation to military infrastructure at Leopoldsburg in Limburg.
While on its bombing-run, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Fritz Lau of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Brüssel-Melsbroek airfield.

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P/O Balmer getting out the Lancaster

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The crew of LL792 boarding

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Idem (Extracted from a film which shows Lancasters take off on an operation at twilight and operate during the day*.

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