ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240329
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:18 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS759 |
| MSN: | EQ-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hartefeld, Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| Dortmund |
Takeoff at 22:41 hrs for an operation against Dortmund in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz-Horst Hissbach of the 5./NJG 2 based at Köln-Butzweilerhof airfield, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 G-1. Credited as Hissbach's 14th victory.
The crew were initially buried in Vernum Cemetery. Reinterred 8 July 1947.
Crew
Pilot: J/26744 Fg Off Thomas Russell Sherrill RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row G Grave 7.
Flight Engineer: 1714926 Sgt Henry Arthur Nightingale - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row G Grave 9.
Navigator: J/21821 Plt Off Walter William Rehkopf RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row G Grave 10.
Bomb Aimer: J/28198 Plt Off Charles Davis Brown RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row G Grave 11.
Wireless Operator: 1346811 Sgt Archibald Sinclair Campbell - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row G Grave 6.
Mid Upper Gunner: J/90760 Plt Off Peter Kalyta RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row G Grave 5.
Rear Gunner: J/88415 Plt Off Harry Joseph Cunningham RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 4 Row G Grave 8.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DS759
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg2.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 January 1944 | DS710 | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF | 8 | Urfttalsperre, Schleiden, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2020 17:45 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-May-2023 05:44 | Anon. | Updated |
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