ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240155
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:06 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND976 |
| MSN: | KM-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 km north of Kallo, Beveren, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Operation: Duisburg. Take off 22:47 hrs from Dunholme Lodge.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Förster of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
In captured German documents, it is stated that the aircraft crashed 4 km N of Calloo, 12 km NW of Antwerpen, Belgium. According to this documents, the aircraft came down in a water-filled crater. Another report, which is based on investigations at the scene of the crash and interrogation of local authorities, states that the aircraft crashed in a field near Doel, Belgium, presumably as the result of enemy action. The report adds that at the time of the crash a part of the Schelde Estuary had been flooded by the Germans and the field mentioned was flooded. Consequently the aitrcraft crashed into water. Excavation has been carried out and the remains of the 4 deceased crew members were recovered from the buried wreckage and interred in a communal cemetery. After that they where reburied at Leopoldsburg War Cemetery:
• P/O L.W.Dunn RAAF +
• Sgt. J.Southern +
• F/S D.V.Airey / POW
• Sgt. C.MacFadyen +
• Sgt. I.B.Thomas +
• Sgt. R.O.Murray RCAF / evader
• Sgt. G.J.Young / POW
Credited to Hauptmann Paul Foerster, Stab. I/NJG 1 as his 7th victory.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
BCL, National Archiv of Australia and CWGC
Google Maps
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 012.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1942 | L7581 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 24 September 1942 | R5905 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Madum, Ulfborg, Midtjylland |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | ED307 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Pastoorsmast road, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 8 March 1945 | PB417 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 0 | Hamburg? (See Back to Normandy Link) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2020 19:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-May-2023 07:24 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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