[Pieter H]

Hi Mark,

a very intersting picture, and new to me.
The background indeed is almost certainly the Albert-canal.
However, this is not at Lanaken, because there the canal branches off into the Verdinsingskanaal (literally the Connecting - or Liaising canal) towards the Dutch Willemsvaart-canal. This branching is nowhere on the picture.
Given the curvature of the canal I think this is further downstream in the direction of Antwerpen. Looking at the map and the curvature my guess is the section between Eigenbilzen en Gellik. The wreck would then be on the southern side of the canal, and the picture looks east.
The aircraft would then almost certainly be the P2332 PH-F of F/O Thomas and his crew, which crashed and burned out during the same mission as the one of Garland that Larry is looking for.
Great find!

Cheers, Pieter