"Belgians Remember Them": RAF aircraft's crash sites: Yves-Gomezée

* To the 50 Squadron *
* To the crew of ED800-VN-U *
* To the monument erected in remembrance *
* Memorial where crew members missing are honored *

Crash site of Lancaster ED800-VN-U
17/04/1943

Unit: 50 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: ED800-VN-U
Base: Topcliffe
Mission: Plzen
Crew officer:
Incident: Shot down by German fighter

Location: (Prov. Namur)

Facts

Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Wilhelm Herget, Stab I./NJG4) Crashing 0400 into marshy ground and sinking into old mine galleries near Yves-Gomezee (Namur), 6Km NNW of Philippeville, Belgium. All attempts by the authorities to recover the crew failed and their names are perpetuated by the Runnymede memorial.