ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50483
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND559 |
| MSN: | GT-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Molenaarsgraaf, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood |
Took off from RAF Upwood at 22:44 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg in Germany.
Exploded, throwing clear Flt Sgt Ward, following a night fighter attack. Debris fell over Molenaarsgraaf (Zuid-Holland) some 14 km NE of Dordrecht. Those who died lie in Molenaarsgraaf Protestant Churchyard. The Squadron's Gunnery Leader, Sqdn Ldr Blair, gained his DFM on 103 Squadron, details appearing in the London Gazette on 25 October 1941:
Flt Sgt W J Ward (POW)
Sgt S G Smith (KIA)
Flt Sgt E E E Roberts (KIA)
Flt Sgt R Keating (KIA)
Sgt R G Watts (KIA)
Sgt J T E McCaffery (KIA)
Sqdn Ldr J E Blair DFC DFM (KIA)
*This aircraft was claimed by Hptm Martin Drewes (Stab. III./NJG1) near Gouda at 01:50. This was his 38th confirmed victory.
He had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield at 00:09 hrs, in a Bf 110 G-4.
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 230.
http://2ndww.blogspot.com/2006/07/what-happened-at-molenaarsgraaf.html
*Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jan-2010 21:01 | w.bleumink | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2016 19:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2020 17:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2023 07:23 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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