Weiswampach, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
In a rural location and within site of the national border with Belgium is a striking sculpture and memorial stone that remembers those Bomber Command Airmen, killed in two seperate aircraft losses at this location - but both on the same night, 13/08/44
61 Sqn Lancaster ME596 QR-H had departed Skellingthorpe at 2126 on 12/08/44 for Ops Russelheim.
It was intercepted at 2000M, 60km S of St. Trond by a Nightfighter captained by Lt Otto Teschner (11/NJG1) and shot down at 0115 on 13/08/44 for his 5th Abschuss.
The aircraft crashed near Weiswampach with the loss of, six of the crew. One became a POW.
75 (NZ) Sqn Lancaster HK564 AA-P had departed Mepal at 2144 on 12/08/44 also for Ops Russelheim.
It was probably intercepted at 4600M in the Mettendorf-Bitburg area by a Nightfighter captained by Hptm Paul Kranz (2/NJG4) and shot down at 2346 on 12/08/44 for his 2nd Abschuss.
The aircraft crashed near Weiswampach with the loss of all seven crew.
RAF loss info source; Chorley's BCL Vol 5, Nachtjagd claim info source; Boiten's NCA 1944 Part 3
Images taken by and reproduced with the kind permission of Stvn Volckaerts