ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193415
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:05 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME581 |
| MSN: | BQ-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bérinzenne, Spa, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme, UK |
Takeoff at 22:43 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Zorner of the Stab III./NJG 5, who had taken off from Mainz-Finthen airfield in Germany at 00.01 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 D5+BS.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Philip Giles Milburn RCAF J/23416 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Joseph Palfrey RAFVR 1542325 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Norman William Ellison Burdett RCAF J/86419 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 November, 1940) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Borden Bramshott Ashley RCAF J/25521 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Stanley William Courtenay RAFVR 1578974 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Sydney Mervyn Clarke RAF 50765 (NCO:517292 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 March, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Daniel William Magan RAFVR 148510 (NCO:756179 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 September, 1943) [Killed]
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
2. http://www.rebecq-memorial.eu/berinzenne.php
3. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME581
4. Google Maps
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2017 17:21 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2020 17:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Apr-2024 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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