File:Propeller hub from Handley Page HP.59 Halifax Mk.II (JN920 - LK-L) (50490550067).jpg

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English: Operated by 51 Squadron based at RAF Snaith, JN920 was shot down by flak over Kasterlee, Belgium, on 22nd October 1943. All seven crew were lost.

The crew were:- Sergeant C.E. Hall (RCAF) - Pilot Sergeant M.S. Williams - Flight Engineer Sergeant G.H. Bennett - Navigator Sergeant E.Parker - Bomb aimer Sergeant R.S.Sitch – Radio Operator Sergeant J.C.Cowie - Mid upper gunner and Sergeant T.V.Lewis - Tail gunner

The site was excavated in 1998 after which a memorial was erected. This was the first memorial to an individual British Aircrew known to have been unviled in Belgium. Wings Museum, Balcombe, West Sussex, UK

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Author Alan Wilson
Camera location51° 03′ 37.22″ N, 0° 10′ 06.16″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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