ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248503
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:52 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME733 |
| MSN: | CF-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hollenstein, Bad Salzuflen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
| Braunschwig |
Took off from RAF Kelstern at 21:25.
Claim by Lt Werner Barthel 6/NJG1 - 3km South of Furstenau: 3,000m at 00:52.
Crashed Hollenstein, Bad Salzuflen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Flt Sgt Moffatt RAAF & Flt Sgt Gadsden RAAF were initially buried in Hollenstedt Cemetery.
Reinterred 3 July 1946.
The remainder of the crew were initially buried in Achmer Temporary British Cemetery.
Reinterred 23 June 1947.
Crew
Pilot: A/423313 WO Francis McLeod Percy RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row C Grave 5.
Flight Engineer: 1868639 Sgt Samuel John Spooner - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row C Collective Grave 6-9.
Navigator: A/423314 Flt Sgt Eric Alan Bock RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row C Collective Grave 6-9.
bomb Aimer: 1389429 Sgt William Edward Lynch - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row C Collective Grave 6-9.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1119630 Sgt Frederick Howard - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Plot 26 Row C Collective Grave 6-9.
Mid Upper Gunner: A/430256 Flt Sgt Noel Wilkinson Gadsden RAAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 9 Row E Grave 1.
Rear Gunner: A/411099 Flt Sgt Malcolm Douglas Moffatt RAAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 9 Row E Grave 2.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME733&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1221559
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2021 18:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Apr-2023 06:58 | Anon. | Updated |
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