ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49712
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| Date: | Thursday 2 November 1944 |
| Time: | 14:17 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 195 Sgn RAF |
| Registration: | HK663 |
| MSN: | A4-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Paardekopweg road, Ysselsteyn, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 11:18 hrs for an operation against Homberg, Duisburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).
Over the target, the aircraft was damaged by Flak and crashed a while later.
One of the gunners was found by a British tank crew in his turret and did not survive:
Pilot F/O. P.J. Funk RCAF / POW
Flight Engineer Sgt. N. Price 1880863 RAF / POW
Navigator F/O. B.C. Lumsden 418753 RAAF / POW
Bomb Aimer F/O. F. Major J/35774 RCAF / POW
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. S. Dudley 1480232 RAF / POW
Air Gunner Sgt. G.W. Flower 1798759 RAF / POW
Air Gunner Sgt. G.P. Kenny 1835809 RAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery; grave 15 B 7
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4616
Own picture at crashsite
Joop Hendrix Planehunters Recovery Team
Google Maps
Images:
Own picture at Crashsite
Actual place of the crash of HK663. Picture Rene Wilthof
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Apr-2018 05:24 | Rene1978 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Photo, ] |
| 18-Apr-2018 05:25 | harro | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2018 07:16 | Rene1978 | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 10:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2019 17:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2019 17:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2022 16:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Category] |
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