ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234838
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| Date: | Friday 12 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:04 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND580 |
| MSN: | LE-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 100-130 km west of Den Haag (Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands) -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
| Bourg-Leopold Military Camp |
Take off at 22:20 hrs for an operation to military infrastructure at Leopoldsburg in Belgium.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Unteroffizier Schneider of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in He 219 A-0 G9+GK.
Sea 100-130km West of the Hague (HF Blindschieiche): 4,000m at 01:04.
Crew
Pilot: 172175 Plt Off Alfred Thomas Jackson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 211.
Flight Engineer: 1664252 Sgt Harold Edgar Frank Owen - Runnymede Memorial Panel 235.
Navigator: 1576768 Flt Sgt Denis Walter Muddiman - Runnymede Memorial Panel 220.
Bomb Aimer: J/22629 Fg Off Joseph Feldman RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 246.
Wireless Operator: 1478946 Sgt Richard Matthew Cartlidge - Runnymede Memorial Panel 226.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1593067 Sgt Arthur William Seago - Runnymede Memorial Panel 237.
Rear Gunner: 1892195 Sgt Ernest Albert Louis - Runnymede Memorial Panel 233.
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Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND580
Google Maps
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 September 1944 | PD283 | 630 Sqn RAF | 7 | Schmidthachenbach |  |
w/o |
| 7 January 1945 | PD317 | 630 Sqn RAF | 2 | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 11:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
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