ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48798
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| Date: | Sunday 22 April 1945 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM285 |
| MSN: | JI-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heidseweg road, Heide, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach |
Took off from RAF Waterbeach at 1504. Outbound, hit by flak in the vicinity of Wilhelmshaven, sustaining minor damage to the rear turret and port wing fuel tanks. Bombed the AP from 19,000 feet at 1842, only to be hit in the starboard wing and port inner engine by predicted flak. This time the damage was far more serious and the Lancaster crash-landed 19:30 hrs at Heide. No one was hurt and all returned to their Squadron during the evening of 25 April 1945.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Stephen Abel RAF 191247 (NCO:1581759 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 March, 1945)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant R O Thomas RAF
Navigator : Pilot Officer J B Francis RAF
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant D D Cramp RAF
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Terence Francis O'Neil RAAF Aus/434804
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant F G Gillett RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant C A Cook RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5592&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 168.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 May 1944 | LL695 | 514 Sqn RAF | 3 | Op de Hulst at Geldrop, Noord-Brabant | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 07:13 | Uli Elch | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:39 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-Jun-2016 16:49 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2020 19:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2022 11:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, Category] |
| 22-Apr-2024 07:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2024 07:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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