ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50587
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
| Time: | 23:37 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE116 |
| MSN: | PG-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dorpsstraat road, Waarde, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 20:40 hrs for an operation to Aachen in Germany. Abandoned on fire, from 16,000 feet over Holland in the vicinity of Tilburg (Noord-Brabant), after which the bomber fell at Waarde (Zeeland). The aircraft was damaged by Flak and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oblt. Baake & Uffz. Schneider of the 2./NJG 1, who had left Venlo airfield at 21:42 hrs, in He 219 A-0 G9+BK.
Those who died are buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, Sgt Lang being laid to rest in the Canadian section:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Herbert John Moore RAF 88710 [PoW] (NCO:912280 Commission Gazetted : Friday 03 January, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Gifford Giddings RAFVR 966851 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Peter Michael Wood RAFVR 135679 [Killed] (NCO:658644 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 February, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Peter Ross Butler RAFVR 139994 [Killed] (NCO:1513776 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 May, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Terence Anthony Jones RAF 1378411 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant H G Lang RAFVR 1892373 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Henry Frederick Shearsby RAFVR 1809160 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3582&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.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail-en.php%3Fwtv_id%3D377&prev=search
https://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1944/april-44/214-overview-day-by-day-1944-04/3025-12-04-44.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1944 | LM536 | 619 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gräfenhausen, Birkenfeld, Baden-Württemberg |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jun-2016 20:03 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2020 10:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2023 12:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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