ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 343330
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:16 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster |
| Owner/operator: | 218 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NF911 |
| MSN: | HA-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crashed near Nastatten -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Methwold |
| Frankfurt |
Took off from RAF Methwold at 18:36.
Claim by Oblt Kurt Kadlcick 3/NJG4 - Holzhausen-Katzeneinbogen (PQ 9): 3,000m at 23:16.
Crashed near Nastatten.
The crew were initially buried as unknowns in a communal grave at Holzhausen Cemetery.
Reinterred 21 May 1947. Unfortunately the MRES still could identify when it came to being
reinterment. They knew they had seven bodies and it was concluded that they were of the crew NF911.
Crew
Pilot: 161663 Fg Off Frank John Smith - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row A Collective Grave 16-22.
Flight Engineer:1165133 Sgt Peter Baguley - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row A Collective Grave 16-22.
Navigator: 169449 Plt Off John Yeoman - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row A Collective Grave 16-22.
Bomb Aimer: 184478 Plt Off Frederick William Rogers - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row A Collective Grave 16-22.
Wireless Operator: 1119114 WO Edmund Smith - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row A Collective Grave 16-22.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1351915 Sgt Basil MacCormack Catley - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row A Collective Grave 16-22.
Rear Gunner: 1801152 Sgt Alfred James Ford - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row A Collective Grave 16-22.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 - Part 4 - Theo Boiten
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
https://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/?view=article&id=594&catid=21
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2023 12:19 | Anon. | Added |
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