ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50405
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED938 |
| MSN: | CF-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zandwerven, Spanbroek, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern |
Took off from RAF Kelstern at 22:43 hrs for a bombing operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Breves, Feldwebel Telsnig (BF) & Obergefreiter Ofers (BS) of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf110 G-4 from an airfield in Belgium; crashed near Spanbroek in Noord Holland, some 9 km NW of Hoorn. Those who died rest in Spanbroek Churchyard:
Plt Off A G Scott (KIA)
Sgt A R Williams (KIA)
Flt Sgt C S D Tainsh RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt J G Lane RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt R F Ridge RAAF (POW)Stalag Luft 7 Bankou
Sgt L T V Suffield (KIA)
Flt Sgt J D Lindsay RAAF (POW)Stalag Luft 7 Bankou
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3782&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 276.
http://www.thewhpfamily.com/raymondfrancisridge/mcphee/page4.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Jun-2016 16:10 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2020 18:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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