ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 311454
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM265 |
| MSN: | JI-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Engegstadt, about 10 miles south-west of Mainz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach |
Lancaster LM265: Took off at 21:45 hrs for Night bombing mission. 12/08/1944
Claim by Lt Otto Teschner 11/NJG1 - Bingen-Bad Kreuznach area (RQ): 4,200m at 00:30 hrs 13/08/1944
Also claimed by Flak 2, 3 & 6/schw Flak Abt 322 and schw Hei Flak Battr 241/VII (“Lancaster 1km West of Engelstadt, 14km South East of Bingen 00:30”) Victory for Lt Teschner confirmed on 28 November 1944.
The aircraft crashed at 00:30 in the village of Engegstadt, about 10 miles South West of Mainz.
Those who perished were initially buried in a communal grave at Engelstadt Cemetery.
Reinterred 7 May 1948.
Sgt Holt was part of Trupp 27. He arrived at Bankau on 22 August 1944.
Crew
Pilot: 179944 Plt Off Edgar Richardson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 22 Row D Collective Grave 12-15.
2nd Pilot: A/434016 Plt Off Henry Frederick Roome RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 22 Row D Collective Grave 12-15.
Flight Engineer: 2212994 Sgt Guy Milnthorpe Holt - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg
Upper Silesia/PoW Number 592
Navigator: 550259 Flt Sgt William James McIntosh - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 22 Row D Grave 9.
Bomb Aimer: 1391956 Sgt George Henry Trigwell - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 22 Row D Grave 10.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1379027 Flt Sgt Cecil Burnley Robertshaw - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 22 Row D Grave 11.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1486527 Sgt Bernard Reginald Vince - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 22 Row D Collective Grave 12-15.
Rear Gunner 186634 Sgt Philip Raymond Smith - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 22 Row D Collective Grave 12-15.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1944 | LL653 | 514 Sqn RAF | 8 | between Blondefontaine and Villars-le-Pautel, Haute-Saône (70) |  |
w/o |
| 21 July 1944 | LM181 | 514 Sqn RAF | 7 | Ruhrgebiet, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2023 12:20 | Anon. | Added |
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