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At the date of 06-12-1944, time: 2145, the aircraft type Mosquito has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Hengevelde (gem. Wijhe). The unit of crew and plane is: 608 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Flying Officer, name: G.R.E. Weir. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Mission to Berlin. Mosquito KB235 (coded 6T-A)
Took off - 18:47 - from RAF Station Downham Market, Norfolk, UK
on an operation to Berlin and crashed - 21:45 - near hamlet Hengeveld, 3 km southeast of Wijhe
crash location 100 meter east of farm "De Wezenberg"
Both, Pilot and Navigator, lost their live and were buried at Wijhe General Cemetery
758120 - 141774 - Flight Officer - Pilot - Graeme Robert Eric Weir - MID - RAFVR - Age 25 - KIA
- of UK - Plot 41. Row E. Grave 3 - Wijhe General Cemetery
170251 - Flight Officer - Navigator - John Edward Cecil Hardy - RAFVR - Age 32 - KIA
- of Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire, UK - Plot 41. Row E. Grave 1 - Wijhe General Cemetery
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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