ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243875
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Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
Time: | 02:03 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ME808 |
MSN: | EA-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Loenhout, Wuustwezel, Antwerp -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:14 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Günther Schlomberg of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Leonard Edgar Cox RAFVR 113418 (NCO:1381542 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 February, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer John Herbert Ingram RAFVR 160955 (NCO:900574 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 December, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer James McGregor Freckleton DFM RAFVR 149671 (NCO:1434773 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 October, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Mervyn James DFC RAFVR 146930 (NCO:1339046 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 July, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer William Mather DFM RAFVR 157746 (NCO:1171003 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 November, 1943) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer William Edward Day RAF 155911 (NCO:940129 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 October, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Alfred Hambly RAFVR 144652 (NCO:1351112 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 June, 1943) [Killed]
All seven crew members rest in the Antwerpen (Schoonselhof) Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME808 Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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23 September 1943 |
ED702 |
49 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Landau in der Pfalz (claim location); Rheinland-Pfalz |
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w/o |
22 May 1944 |
LM539 |
49 Sqn RAF |
6 |
Bergsebaan 39, Nispen, Noord-Brabant |
|
w/o |
Shot down |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Oct-2020 17:13 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
26-Jun-2022 02:26 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
03-May-2024 07:14 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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