Crash Site Lancaster III PB471 AR-F2 460 Sqn

Monument in memory of the crew of the Lancaster PB471 AR-F2.
The monument consists of parts of the landing gear of the Lancaster.
The aircraft took off from RAF Binbrook at 9.37pm for a mission to Dortmund. The plane crashed near Linkhout in the Belgian province of Limburg, 6 km east of Diest, and fell in a wooded area locally known as Mierenberg. The deceased are buried at the municipal cemetery of Hasselt (Kruisveld). Seriously injured after landing in a tree, Flt Lt Jenkins RAAF was taken to a hospital in Diest.

Crew:
Pilot: Flight Lieutenant Alexander Elliott Jenkins RAAF Aus/430033 [Injured]
Flight Engineer: Pilot Officer Frank Samuel Stone RAFVR 188993 [Killed]
Navigator: Flying Officer Sydney Clifton Swift RAAF Aus/430403 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer: Flying Officer Herbert Thomas Campbell RAAF Aus/429070 [Killed]
Wireless Operator: Flying Officer Bernard Maxwell Clegg RAAF Aus/434620 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner: Flight Sergeant Bryant Braddock RAAF Aus/435276 [Killed]
Rear Gunner: Sergeant Alan Graham RAFVR 1596167 [Killed]

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Jean van Wersch