ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 346616
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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk1 |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NG133 |
| MSN: | BQ-F2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crashed Geststrasse 5 miles North East of Mons. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme |
| Duisburg |
Took off from North Killingholme at 06:39.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and exploded. The pilot, Fg Off Abrams RCAF was blown clear before the aircraft crashed into a garden of a house in the Geststrasse at Baerl.
Crashed Geststrasse 5 miles North East of Mons.
Those who perished were initially buried in Lohmannshelde Forest Cemetery. Reinterred 25 June 1947.
Crew
Pilot: J/87651 Fg Off Alec Abrams RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft V Sagan & Belaria/Stalag IIIA Lückenwalde/PoW Number 8493.
Flight Engineer: 1876635 Sgt Kenneth William Nettleton - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 29 Row A Collective Grave 7-12.
Navigator: J/92163 Plt Off John William Brown RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 29 Row A Collective Grave 7-12.
Bomb Aimer: 1602081 Flt Sgt Raymond Frank Veness - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 29 Row A Collective Grave 7-12.
Wireless Operator: 1600214 Flt Sgt Philip Leonard Brooker - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 29 Row A Collective Grave 7-12.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1171961 Sgt Albert Percy Soper - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 29 Row A Collective Grave 7-12.
Rear Gunner: 1826128 Sgt Kenneth Ronald Salton - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 29 Row A Collective Grave 7-12.
Sources:
http://www.550squadronassociation.org.uk/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FOAAbrams/index.php
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
Ancestry
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2023 15:57 | Anon. | Added |
| 16-Oct-2023 10:04 | Anon. | Updated |
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