Wellington HE164-HD - 466 Squadron departed from Leconfield air base on a mission to Köln, Germany,  crashed in Meerhout on 14 February 1943.

On 14th February 2020 a commemoration of Valentine's Night 1943 was held at De Vleugel war memorial in De Donken. That night - 77 years ago - a Royal Air Force Wellington bomber was taken down by the German occupiers above De Donken.

Three crew members: F/Lt. William Kirk, pilot, 23, his co-pilot F/O Edward Mason, 29, and F/Sgt William Smith, 21, were left dead in the burnt-out hull. They were buried on the Schoonselhof in Antwerp, three crew members survived the crash.