ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50488
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:58 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB672 |
| MSN: | LE-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wehl - Kilder, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirby |
| Duisburg |
Took off from RAF East Kirby at 22:51 hrs for an operation against Duisburg in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Martin Drewes of the Stab III./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield at 00:09 hrs, in a Bf 110 G-4.
The bomber crashed near Kilder (Gelderland) some 27 km ESE of Arnhem.
Crew
Pilot: J/24995 Fg Off Howard Wallace Smith RCAF - Bergh (Kilder) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Grave 7.
Flight Engineer: 1609924 Sgt Kenneth Dickinson - Bergh (Kilder) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Grave 2.
Navigator: 1483125 Flt Sgt Raymond Coates - Bergh (Kilder) Roman Catholic Churchyard Grave 4.
Bomb Aimer: J/87720 Plt Off William Baxter RCAF - Bergh (Kilder) Roman Catholic Churchyard
grave 5.
Wireless Operator: 1581062 Sgt Ronald Victor Lawrence - Runnymede Memorial Panel 233.
Mid Upper Gunner: J/89866 Plt Off Vernon Alfred Goodwin RCAF - Bergh (Kilder) Roman Catholic Churchyard Grave 6.
Rear Gunner: J/89950 Plt Off Leonard Spensley RCAF - Bergh (Kilder) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Grave 3.
Credited to Hauptmann Martin Drewes, Stab. III/NJG 1 as his 36th victory.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3693&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 233.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.berghapedia.nl/index.php/Lancaster_JB672&prev=search
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 011.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 June 1944 | PB121 | 630 Sqn RAF | 6 | Omerville, Val-d'Oise département |  |
w/o |
| 19 July 1944 | PB236 | 630 Sqn RAF | 7 | Neuvy (Marne) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2016 18:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 22:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2020 17:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 00:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-May-2023 07:23 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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