ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49708
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| Date: | Thursday 2 November 1944 |
| Time: | 14:17 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB115 |
| MSN: | LS-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schijndel, near border of Sint-Oedenrode; Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 11:00 hrs for a bombing operation against Homberg, Duisburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).
The aircraft collided with Lancaster HK612, a machine of the same squadron. Of the fourteen crew members, only two survived.
Crew:
Pilot F/O. R.J. Hoggard 423735 RAAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 204
Flight Engineer Sgt. W. Hunter 1573177 RAF / Erp cemetery; grave 5
Navigator F/O. I. Law J/29840 RCAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 205 (R/161252)
Bomb Aimer W/O. II D. Garber R/124883 RCAF / survived
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner P/O. O.F. Meredith 422609 RAAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 206
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. J.C. Millar 1897364 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 234
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. S.L. Jeffrey 430382 RAAF / survived
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4613
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 May 1944 | ND955 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kerkweg - Heiveldsestraat roads, Someren, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Aug-2013 10:55 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2016 14:28 | JIXN | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2019 17:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2022 02:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Jul-2022 18:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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