ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231186
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 23:29 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE107 |
| MSN: | BQ-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bernburg, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 20:04 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Otto-Karl Klemenz of the 12./NJG 5 (based at Brandis airfield in Sachsen, who was flying a Bf 110G. Also claimed by Flak of the schwere Heimat-Flak-Batterie 228./IV.
Crew:
Pilot W/O. G.K. Peasgood 1390188 RAF Venray War Cemetery, the Netherlands; grave 7 D 6-11 / Initially buried Bernburg and Margraten (the Netherlands).
Flight Engineer Sgt. S. Sykes 1803081 RAF Survived / POW
Navigator W/O. II W.P. Morris R/129847 RCAF Venray War Cemetery, the Netherlands; grave 7 D 6-11 / Initially buried Bernburg and Margraten (the Netherlands).
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. G. Walker 1533927 RAF Venray War Cemetery, the Netherlands; grave 7 D 6-11 / Initially buried Bernburg and Margraten (the Netherlands).
Wireless Operator F/Sgt. S.J. Richards 1315209 RAF Venray War Cemetery, the Netherlands; grave 7 D 6-11 / Initially buried Bernburg and Margraten (the Netherlands).
Air Gunner Sgt. P.P. Clarkin 1796193 RAF Venray War Cemetery, the Netherlands; grave 7 D 6-11 / Initially buried Bernburg and Margraten (the Netherlands).
Air Gunner Sgt. S.J.L. Jones 1431519 RAF Venray War Cemetery, the Netherlands; grave 7 D 6-11 / Initially buried Bernburg and Margraten (the Netherlands).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3317A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG5.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2019 20:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
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