Lancaster I HK542, Alken, Belgium
Posted by: 
TeamYakara
N 50° 52.272 E 005° 16.768
31U E 660383 N 5637976
Lancaster HK542, Alken, Belgium
Waymark Code: WM13PEG
Location: Limburg, Belgium
Date Posted: 01/23/2021
Views: 1
Source:https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/gedenkteken-voor-de-bemanning-van-lancaster-i-hk542-ko-j/
NL
In de nacht van 24 op 25 april 1944 vertrok Lancaster I serial HK542 (code KO-J) van 115 Sq voor een bombardementsopdracht naar Karlsruhe. De bommenwerper werd het slachtoffer van Oblt Heinz Schnaufer van IV./NJG 1 van Brustem en stortte neer tussen Wolfke en Paradijs, twee gehuchten van de gemeente Alken, tussen Sint-Truiden en Hasselt.
EN
In the night of April 24 to 25, 1944, Lancaster I serial HK542 (code KO-J) of 115 Sq left for a bombing mission to Karlsruhe. The bomber fell victim to Oblt Heinz Schnaufer of IV./NJG 1 van Brustem and crashed between Wolfke and Paradijs, two hamlets of the municipality of Alken, between Sint-Truiden and Hasselt
Web Address for Related Web Sites: [Web Link]
Date of Crash: 04/24/1944
Aircraft Model: Lancaster I
Military or Civilian: Military
Tail Number: HK452
Cause of Crash:
Shot down
|
Visit Instructions:
Only log waymarks if you have visited the site personally.
Recent Visits/Logs:
| There are no logs for this waymark yet. |
|
|
|