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Z7448

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During the attack on the FORTUNA coal-fired power plant at Knapsack, Blenheim Z7448 was hit by flak while approaching the target and crashed near Hücheln.  
Sgt Dennis Arthur Wilson was killed and buried in the Südfriedhof cemetery in Cologne. The other two crew members became German prisoners of war.

A very detailed report on the attack on the FORTUNA power plant can be found at:
http://www.archiv-oberaussem.com/webseite/doku.php?id=luftangriff_12._august_1941
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the crashed Z7448 in Hücheln

top right:
Death certificate for Sgt. Wilson

bottom left:
Grave location of Sgt. Wilson at Cologne South Cemetery
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