ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50365
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:43 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME810 |
| MSN: | UL-K2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Arnhem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Took of from RAF Elsham Wolds at 23:01 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hager, Feldwebel von Bergen (Bordfunker) & Feldwebel Körschgen (Bordschütze), who had taken off from Deelen airfield in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+LP. Crash location: Deelenseweg, Arnhem.
The three RCAF members of the crew now lie in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek, while the others rest in Arnhem (Moscowa) General Cemetery:
Crew:-
Pilot : F/L George Edward Stockdale RCAF J/24298 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Douglas Ernest Fabb RAFVR 1802351 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Douglas Fuller RCAF J/23475 [Killed]
B/A : F/O David Winterburn Stewart RAFVR 152126 (NCO:1553247) [Killed]
W/Op : Sgt James Kilvington Gray RAFVR 1542873 [Killed]
M/U : F/S Ross Alexander Jack RCAF R/169959 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Edward Henry John Morgan RAFVR 1868859 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3815&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 288.
http://www.northlincsweb.net/13Base/html/george_stockdale_576_sqdn.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 1945 | PD363 | 576 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bauhofstrabe Dessau |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2016 15:30 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2020 17:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 10:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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