ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 343275
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 September 1944 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: |  Lancaster Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM110 |
| MSN: | LS-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | See below -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
| Frankfurt |
Took off from RAF Mildenhall at 18:33.
Possible claim by Fw Gunther Bahr 1/NJG6 - 1-45km North West of Mannheim (SR): 5,700m at 22:45. Also claimed by Flak of 1-3/schw Flak Abt 492 (o) and 2-4/schw Flak Abt 701 (o) (“Lancaster
Ludwigshafen-Oppau PI.Q. SR 9 3,800m 22:54”). Flak claim marked by OKL “Jager” or shot down by fighter.
Crashed approximately 200 metres West of the Edigheimer Strasse between the Stadtteilen Oppau and Edigheim BASF-Bahn-linie Werk Oppau and Lu-Oggersheim Gewanne.
The crew were initially buried in Ludwigshafen Cemetery
Plt Off MacDougall RAAF - Plot IIID Row 1 Grave 78.
Sgt McKie - Plot IIID Row 1 Grave 77.
Flt Sgt Keen - Plot IIID Row 1 Grave 79.
Sgt Howitt - Plot IIID Row 1 Grave 76.
WO Moore - Plot IIID Row 1 Grave 81.
Sgt McNee - Plot IIID Row 1 Grave 57.
Sgt Hunter - Plot IIID Row 1 Grave 80.
Reinterred 15 November 1947.
Crew
Pilot: A/405955 Plt Off Allan Douglas MacDougall RAAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 7 Row B Grave 22.
Flight Engineer: 2219045 Sgt Kenneth Moffatt McKie - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 7 Row B Grave 21.
Navigator: 1578976 Flt Sgt Richard Thomas Keen - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 7 Row B Grave 23.
Bomb Aimer: 1626531 Sgt Ian Howitt - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 7 Row B Grave 20.
Wireless Operator: 1330136 WO Donald Charles Moore - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 7 Row B Grave 25.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1825327 Sgt John McNee - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 7 Row B Grave 19.
Rear Gunner: 1895550 Sgt Thomas Kelloch Hunter - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 7 Row B Grave 24.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2023 17:17 | Anon. | Added |
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