ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248533
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| Date: | Saturday 19 August 1944 |
| Time: | 02:09 claim |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LW538 |
| MSN: | MH-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | near Zoutkamp, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith, Yorkshire |
| Sterkrade - Synthetic oil processing plant |
Takeoff at 22:41 hrs for a bombing operation against a synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Hptm. Modrow/Uffz. Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 00:43 hrs in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+AH.
Claim by Hptm Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow 1/NJG1 - Sea 40-75km West of Zandvoort (GH): 1,200m at 02:09.
(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten)
It however remains unknown where the crash site is located and all seven crew are still missing in action.
Crew
Pilot: A/429347 Fg Off William Patrick Quan RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 252.
Flight Engineer: 1824962 Sgt Edward Laurie McLaren - Runnymede Memorial Panel 233.
Navigator: 1615606 Sgt Ronald Frederick John Franklin - Runnymede Memorial Panel 229.
Bomb Aimer: A/423579 Flt Sgt Eric James Anderson RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 259.
Wireless Operator: A/419721 Flt Sgt Keith Knowles Kempson RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 260.
Mid Upper Gunner: 3050652 Sgt John Edward Cartwright - Runnymede Memorial Panel 226.
Rear Gunner: 1852722 Sgt Kenneth Ernest Charles Adams - Runnymede Memorial Panel 223.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW538&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
The Heinkel He 219 by R. Francis Ferguson
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | DT513 | 51 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 50 km W of Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2021 13:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Mar-2021 13:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Aug-2021 17:42 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 10:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Jun-2022 09:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-May-2023 16:33 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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