ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50485
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM539 |
| MSN: | EA-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bergsebaan 39, Nispen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Took off from RAF Fiskerton at 22:21 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by a Ju 88 night fighter on return to England; crashed near Nispen (Noord Brabant), Holland, where those who died rest in the town's general cemetery. Sgt Foulks was an ex-ATC Cadet, whose service number indicates he serves for less than a year:
Plt Off H J Carrington RAAF (KIA)
Sgt R F Coleman (KIA)
Sgt J H E Hales (KIA)
Flt Sgt S A Silver RAAF (POW)
Sgt R C Hill (KIA)
Sgt R W Berry (KIA)
Sgt L Foulks (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3684&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 229.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1943 | ED702 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Landau in der Pfalz (claim location); Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ME808 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Loenhout, Wuustwezel, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 08:54 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 14:36 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport] |
| 13-Jun-2016 18:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2020 18:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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