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207834 Sgt. Vincent George Lovelock Luter Royal Air Force 107 Squadron from:Portsmouth My grandfather, Vincent Luter was a navigator and flew in Blenheims. He was shot down in 1940 during a bombing raid and although helped by some locals in Belgium was captured. One of these kind people contacted him after the war and sent him a goose. I know he spent time in Stalag 357, and 3 I think. He was voted by his camp mates to help distribute Red Cross parcels. He died in November 2007 at the grand old age of 96 having shared many memories of his time during the war. Additional Information: | Vincent Luter was an Observer who flew with 107 Squadron RAF during early WW2 under the skillful leadership of Wing Commander Basil Emby, the charismatic C.O of 107 Squadron. He flew on many dangerous daylight reconnaissence & bombing missions with Flying Officer William Henry Edwards DFC (Pilot) & Leading Aircraftsman William Edward Palmer (WOp/Ag), from RAF Wattisham & Lossiemouth airfields.
Vincent became a prisioner of war with with his Pilot WHE on the 12th May 1940 when the Bristol Blenheim IV (P4905) aircraft that they were operating was shot down near Liege Belgium during a running battle with Messerschmitt BF109's from JG27 following their mission to bomb the Maastricht Bridges.
Both Vincent & WHE managed to bail out of the badly damaged aircraft prior to it crashing (WHE was injured after parachuting into a house), sadly William Edward Palmer did not survive.
It is believed that Oblt Gerhardt Framm from JG27 was the German pilot who shot down their aircraft, one of three aircraft he had scored that day (2x Blenheims + 1x Hurricane). Ross Edwards
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| I live not so far away from Bettincourt village in Belgium, where the Blenheim of Vincent Luter, William Edwards and William Palmer crashed. I have been visiting the grave of William Palmer several times, since 2014, and I will keep doing so.
William Palmer regularly has new flowers on his grave, he is not being forgotten.
Very special to find out more information about them.
"We will remember them" Kris Dee
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