ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49216
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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1945 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 153 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD378 |
| MSN: | P4-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
| RAF Scampton |
Damaged by Ju.88 & abandoned, six crew baled out and landed safely.
Mission : Bottrop. Took off from RAF Scampton at 1600 hrs to attack the Prosper Benzol plant. Came under sustained attack from a Ju88, whose fire killed Fg Off Brodie RCAF. Soon afterwards, the Lancaster was abandoned over a part of Holland held by the Allies. Fg Off Brodie was taken to Eindoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, since when his body has been exhumed and reinterred at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery.
Crew
Fg Off D B Freeborn RCAF (Safe)
Sgt D A R Morley (Safe)
Fg Off W A Brodie RCAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt H V Constable (Safe)
Flt Sgt J A Eastman (Safe)
Sgt J L Stalley (Safe)
Sgt T O McNamara (Safe)
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1945%20sec_tcm5-7286.pdf
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
Follow Link:- http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PD3781945-02-04.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 66.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jan-2009 21:03 | larry617 | Updated |
| 29-Aug-2013 20:10 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2016 20:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 21:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2022 12:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2022 13:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase] |
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