ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50474
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:29 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND762 |
| MSN: | TL-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vessem / Middelbeers; Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Took off from RAF Gravely at 22:47 hrs for a target marking operation to Dortmund in Germany.
Homebound, and flying at 16,000 feet, the aircraft was intercepted by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
The brief engagement that followed was ended at 01:29 when the Lancaster exploded, throwing out the three survivors, the debris from the bomber falling between Middelbeers (Noord Brabant) and Vessem, 14 km W from the centre of Eindhoven where those who died were buried on 26 May in Woensel General Cemetery. WO Tudor, whose DFM had been Gazetted on 15 February 1944, was treated at Oirschot for concussion and a broken leg. Fg Off Maskell, aged 35, was flying as a second wireless operator, while Sgt McLaren, who was 37, had formally served in Metropolitan Police Force. Both were over the average age of Bomber Command airmen:
This was credited as Augenstein's 30th victory.
Fg Off E Holmes (POW)
Sgt J R Cursiter (KIA)
Flt Lt J K Stewart DFC (KIA)
Plt Off D E Coleman (POW)
Fg Off H T Maskell (KIA)
WO F J Tudor DFM (POW)
Flt Sgt A W Cox (KIA)
Sgt A S McLaren (KIA)
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 236.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3696&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2016 14:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2019 18:02 | C van der Leeuw | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2019 19:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2020 19:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2023 05:44 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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