Date:	Friday 12 May 1944
Time:	00:15
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:	103 Sqn RAF
Registration:	ND700
MSN:	PM-X
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Bruul road, Malle, Antwerp -   Belgium
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Elsham Wolds
Destination airport:	Hasselt Railway Yards

Narrative:
Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 21:48 hrs to bomb the railway yards at Hasselt.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans Schmitz of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Brüssel-Melsbroek airfield; exploded.
Wreckage was spread over a wide area near Hallaar (Antwerpen), 12 km ESE of Lier.
The crew were initially buried in Fort 3 British Cemetery Antwerp. Reinterred 21 December 1945.
Their skipper hailed from Fosh Hoek in the Cape Province of South Africa:
Wg Cdr Goodman awarded MiD. Gazetted 24 September 1941.
Awarded Hellenic Air Force Cross. Gazetted 29 December 1942.
Flt Sgt Agar awarded DFM whilst with 103 Squadron. Gazetted 19 October 1943.
Fg Off Vander Dasson awarded DFM whilst with 619 Squadron. Gazetted 10 September 1943.
Crew
Pilot: 33252 Wg Cdr Hubert Reginald Goodman (South Africa) Royal Hellenic AFC MiD - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row D Collective Grave 15-18.
Flight Engineer: 168773 Plt Off Philip Dennis Vickers - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row D
Collective Grave 15-18.
Navigator: 1503655 Flt Sgt Gilbert Harry Agar DFM - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row D
Collective Grave 15-18.
Bomb Aimer: J/18998 Fg Off William Lorne Vander Dasson DFM RCAF - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row D Collective Grave 15-18.
Wireless Operator: 1339325 Sgt Clifford Leslie Finighan - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row D Collective Grave 15-18.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1802994 Flt Sgt Richard White - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 32.
Rear Gunner: J/14630 Fg Off Roy McLeod RCAF - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row D Collective Grave 15-18.

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
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*Luftwaffe Night fighter Combat Claims 1939-1945.
CWGC
London Gazette.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Jun-2014 19:56	harro	Added
12-Jun-2016 14:12	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Jun-2016 14:15	Red Dragon	Updated [Narrative]
12-Jun-2016 14:16	Red Dragon	Updated [Source]
12-Jun-2016 14:30	Red Dragon	Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Oct-2018 14:45	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
07-Apr-2020 10:12	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2022 02:48	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]