ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50462
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:51 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB706 |
| MSN: | VR-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | behind Kromstraat 2 at Tilburg, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham |
Took off from RAF Middleton St.George at 23:39 on 24-5-1944. Lost on a 442-aircraft raid to Aachen, Germany, with a strength of 264 Lancasters - the target being the two railway yards east of the town. The bomber casualties were eighteen (18) Halifaxes and seven (7) Lancasters.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Nabrich & Feldwebel Habicht of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Heinkel He 219 from Venlo airfield. This was Nabrich's 2nd victory of the night, and 9th overall.
All seven crew were lost: Six are buried in Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery, but Sgt Lillico RCAF, an American from New York City, lies in Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery after succumbing to his wounds on 25 May 1944.
WO.1 D M Robson RCAF (KIA)
Sgt J Hoarty (KIA)
Flight Sgt P S Smith RCAF (KIA)
Flying Off G R Lauder RCAF (KIA)
Sgt T H J Smith (KIA)
Sgt B B Morgan (KIA)
Sgt W D Lillico RCAF (Severely Injured - died of wounds sustained 25-5-1944)
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
2. http://www.lancaster-archive.com
3. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 242.
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 25.
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-683-lancaster-x-tilburg-7-killed
6. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3722&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
7. http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/lancavro.html#indexkb706
8. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RAF_owned_JP100.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1944 | KB726 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Gaudiempré, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2009 10:21 | Anon. | Updated |
| 14-Jun-2016 19:26 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 23:12 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Oct-2020 17:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2023 20:33 | redsix | Updated [[Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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