ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240332
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:36 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME670 |
| MSN: | HW-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brecht, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
| Dortmund |
Take off at 22:42 hrs for an operation against Dortmund in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Sint-Truiden airfield). This was Schnauffer's 68th credited victiry.
The crew were initially buried in Fort 3 British Cemetery Antwerp. Reinterred 21 December 1945.
Crew
Pilot: 174939 Plt Off John Wallis Rouse - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Collective Grave 8.
Flight Engineer: 1802244 Sgt John Stewart - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Collective Grave 8.
Navigator: 1338873 Flt Sgt Peter Alan Gainsford Bailey - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Collective Grave 8.
Bomb Aimer: 1506937 Flt Sgt Tom Gaskell - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 9.
Wireless Operator: 1383302 Flt Sgt Robert Fryer - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Collective Grave 8.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1891000 Sgt John Oliver Beagley - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Collective Grave 8.
Rear Gunner: 624078 Flt Sgt Charles Leslie Foster - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Collective Grave 8.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME670
Google Maps
CWTheo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 Part 3, p. 020.GC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2020 18:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Jun-2022 03:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-May-2023 04:56 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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