ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308042
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE125 |
| MSN: | EA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crashed in a peat-bog 1km South of Hagen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
| Braunschweig |
Took off from RAF Fiskerton at 22:18.
Claim by Oblt Karl-Heinz Seeler 5/JG302 - Hagen East of Brake: 6,200m at 01:00. Credited as his 2nd victory.
Coned by 2/Flakschienw Abt 269 (o) Werfer 24 (“Lancaster Hagen E Brake 01:00”). Flak searchlight
and 5/JG302 claim both confirmed by OKL on 9 September 1944.
Crashed in a peat-bog 1km South of Hagen and crew initially buried as "six unknown" airmen in the Garnisonsfriedhof (Garrison Cemetery) of Wesermünde / Geestemünde.]
https://www.rememberingthejewsofww2.co.uk/raf/goldberg-norman-myer/
Crew
Pilot: 172589 Plt Off Philip Rodney Graves-Hook - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B Grave 1.
Flight Engineer: 1651532 Sgt Ernest George Jones - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B
Collective Grave 5-7.
Navigator: J/24698 Fg Off William George Wesley Johnson RCAF - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B Collective Grave 5-7.
Bomb Aimer: 139840 Fg Off Francis Edward Sinden - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B
Collective Grave 5-7.
Wireless Operator: 1086976 Sgt Norman Myer Goldberg - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B
Collective Grave 5-7.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1451930 Flt Sgt George Henry Little - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B
Collective Grave 5-7.
Rear Gunner: 142062 Fg Off Frederick Allan Newell Clifton - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B Collective Grave 5-7.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 August 1943 | ED719 | 49 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Erfenbach, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ND683 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Walcheren, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | PB300 | 49 Sqn RAF | 6 | wooded area at Hörstel, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2023 05:44 | Anon. | Updated |
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