ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234836
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| Date: | Friday 12 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:42 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME737 |
| MSN: | LE-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Itegemsesteenweg, Herenthout, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:28 hrs for an operation to military infrastructure at Leopoldsburg in Limburg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Vinzenz Giessübel of the 2./NJG 2, who was scrambled from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands at 23:20 hrs, in Ju 88 R4+NK.
Pilot Officer W.A. Watt died at the controls to make his other crew members jump. However, for four of them it was too late (Sgt L. Thompson, navigator; Sgt P. Amies, wireless operator; P/O A. Grant, mid-upper gunner; Sgt Peter Rowthorn, tail gunner). The bomb aimer, F/S K. Stuart and flight engineer, Sgt Witham were able to jump before their bomber crashed at the Itegemsesteenweg road.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-me737-te-herenthout
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME737
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 11:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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