ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234835
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| Date: | Friday 12 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:27 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ND674 |
| MSN: | AR-C2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
| Hasselt Railway Yards |
Take off at 22:00 hrs for an operation to railway yards at Hasselt.
The aircraft was damaged by Unteroffizier Woitanowski (Bordschütze to Unteroffizier Schwenke) of the 4./NJG 1, who was manning the MG 81 Z dual machine guns. The Luftwaffe men had taken off from Brüssel-Melsbroek airfield in a Bf 110 G-4.
The crew abandoned the aircraft.
Crashed Elkerzee hamlet, Scharendijke, Zeeland.
Sgt Law suffered a broken leg and WO Long sustained stomach wounds. Both were admitted to a
hospital in Brussels.
Crew
Pilot: A/415585 Plt Off James McCleary RAAF - PoW/Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 5152.
Flight Engineer: 1434905 Sgt Andrew Coutts Law - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kruelberg
Upper Silesia/PoW Number 53362.
Navigator: A/410209 Fg Off Wesley Hirst Betts RAAF - PoW/Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 5149.
Bomb Aimer: A/417091 WO Henry Jeffries Long - PoW/Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number
396.
Wireless Operator: A/415596 Flt Sgt Victor Widdup RAAF PoW/Stalag 357 Kopernikus/PoW
Number 3858.
Mid Upper Gunner: A/427309 Flt Sgt D J Dyson RAAF - Evaded/Returned to UK via RAF Northolt on 10 September 1944.
Rear Gunner: A/1895854 Sgt Arthur Frederick Hamilton - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near
Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 218.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND674
Google Maps
Footprints on the Sands of Time - Oliver Clutton-Brock.
RAF Evaders - Oliver Clutton-Brock.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 October 1943 | ED985 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Barenburg, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | DV341 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | near Zörnigall, Zahna-Elster, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 11:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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