ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50586
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
| Time: | 23:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 635 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB470 |
| MSN: | F2-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Meirestraat road, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
| RAF Downham Market |
Took off from RAF Downham Market at 20:43 hrs for an operation to Aachen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by 23-year-old night fighter pilot Feldwebel Lorenz Gerstmayr of the 4./NJG 3, who had taken off from Twente airfield.
All were initially buried at Roosendaal-en-Nipsen General Cemetery, but since 1945, their Canadian skipper has been taken to Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Robert Arthur Leader RCAF J/19261 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ernest Dennis Rosenberg RAFVR 1586996 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Arthur Robert Candy RAFVR 137471 (NCO:1318418 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 May, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Christopher Highton RAFVR 1390721 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Samuel James Ross Lewis RAFVR 934272 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Dennis Henry Tupman RAFVR 1851985 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Frederick Coulson RAFVR 1890267 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-roosendaal-1940-1945
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3584&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 171.
http://www.97squadron.co.uk/635%20crew%20Leader.html
http://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1944/april-44/214-overview-day-by-day-1944-04/3024-11-04-44.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 May 1944 | ND819 | 635 Sqn RAF | 5 | Boscheind 133, Luyksgestel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 22 February 1945 | PB668 | 635 Sqn RAF | 0 | Thiercelet |  |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jun-2016 08:19 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2020 10:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2024 15:23 | ASN | Updated [Destination airport, Category] |
| 11-Apr-2024 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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