"Belgians Remember Them": RAF aircraft's crash sites: Vlijtingen

* To the 57 Squadron *
* To the crew of P6930-DX *
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* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Blenheim P6930-DX
12/05/1940

Unit: 57 Squadron
Aircraft: Blenheim
Code: 6930-DX
Base: Rosieres-en-Santerre
Mission: Reconnaissance
Crew officer: P/O DRIMMIE G K R
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Limburg)

Facts

One Blenheim of 57 Squadron bombed Chaulnes during an armed-reconnaissance sortie. Airborne from Rosieres-en-Santerre on 13 May 1940.
Shot down by AA fire during reconnaissance sortie over Belgium. Crashed between Vlijtingen and Kesselt, 21 Km SE of Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium, at 20.00 hrs.

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

* Report: July 15th, 2023: The Belgians Parade to the London Cenotaph *

RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Limburg:
Vlijtingen

Crash site of Blenheim P6930-DX
12/05/1940

Location: (Prov. Limburg)

Facts

* Report: July 15th, 2023: The Belgians Parade to the London Cenotaph *

RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Limburg:Vlijtingen

Crash site of Blenheim P6930-DX12/05/1940

Location: (Prov. Limburg)

Facts

RAF aircraft's crash sites in Province of Limburg:
Vlijtingen

Crash site of Blenheim P6930-DX
12/05/1940