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Crash sites outside of border whose airmen are buried in Province of Luxemburg

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Last update: 25/06/23


Elegy to
the Heroes of Silence


* To the 408 Squadron *
* To the crew of RG472-EQ-T *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Cemetery where rest the crew *

Crash site of Halifax RG472-EQ-T
3/01/1945

aircraft
crest raf squadron
Unit: 408 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: RG472-EQ-T
Base: Linton on Ouse
Mission: Koln
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Luxembourg)

crash

Facts

Köln. 858 aircraft, 9 lost. 703 aircraft in the first wave and 155 in the second although only 15 aircraft bombed in the second wave because the G-H station in England went off line. There are few details of the raid from local sources, such was the level of disarray. When the American troops arrived in the city just a few days later they found at least 400 bodies lying in the streets.
Reason for Loss: Hit by flak on homebound leg, killing both airmen. The other crew members were able to bale out seconds before the aircraft exploded and crashed at Bad Godesberg, Germany

Sources:

The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Aircrew Remembered
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