ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50400
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 622 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL812 |
| MSN: | GI-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | west of Oirschot, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Took off from RAF Mildenhall at 23:00 hrs for a bombing operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Fritz Lau of the 4./NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen airfield; exploded to the west of Oirschot (Noord-Brabant) some 13 km NW of the centre of Eindhoven, where all are buried in Woensel General Cemetery. The flight engineer, came from Sydney in New South Wales, while Sgt Dea hailed from Ballacola in County Liex of the Irish Republic. Sgt Moore RAAF held a Diploma in Agriculture which he gained in Hawkesbury:
Plt Off W F H Rattle RAAF (KIA)
Sgt F M Leaney (KIA)
Sgt R J W Moore RAAF (KIA)
Fg Off W R Tanner RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt R P P Holden RAAF (KIA)
Sgt M Dea (KIA)
Sgt R Bramley (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3781&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second world 1944 Page 276.
http://www.reffell.org.uk/WW2/williamfrederickhenryrattle.php
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 09:17 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Jun-2016 17:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2020 18:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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