ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50406
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DS818 |
| MSN: | JI-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosteinderweg, Nunspeet, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridge |
Took off from RAF Waterbeach at 23:11 hrs for a bombing operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe night fighter (possibly in the hands of Hauptmann Gerhard Keitel of the 2./NJG 3 operating a Bf 110 G-4); crashed at Nunspeet in the Province of Gelderland, where those who perished are buried in Ermelo (Nunspeet) New General Cemetery:
Plt off D A Duncliffe (Evaded)
Sgt P G cooper (POW)
Flt Sgt G F Lewis (KIA)
Flt Sgt H J Bourne (POW)
Sgt G K Brown (KIA)
Sgt W E Steger (KIA)
Sgt K R Baker (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3779&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.teunispats.nl/t3779.htm
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 15:32 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2020 17:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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