ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232342
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| Date: | Thursday 16 March 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND583 |
| MSN: | LE-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km S of Besmé, Aisne 02 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:57 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Ludwig Meister of the 1./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield in Belgium.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kenneth Rodbourn RAFVR 169004 (NCO:1577414 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 January, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Richard John Harry Easter RAFVR 1636431 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Albert Henry Wilkinson RAFVR 1622716 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Alexander McCowan Freeman RCAF R/160030 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frank James Hobbs RAFVR 1262633 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Leslie Hall RAFVR 1495938 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ernest John Philipson RAAF Aus/418299 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.630squadron.co.uk/Aircraft/ND583/nd583.html
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=946
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1944 | LM118 | 630 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lennisheuvel, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 19:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Jul-2022 10:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Mar-2024 08:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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