ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50774
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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND641 |
| MSN: | CF-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Binnenveldsweg road, Tubbergen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern |
Took off from RAF Kelstern at 18:30 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was claimed shot down by the night fighter pilots Oblt. Drewes of the Stab III./NJG 1 (flying a Bf110 G-4) & Ofw. Frank of the 3./NJG 3 (flying Bf110 G-4 coded D5+CL) after it had been damaged by Flak.
Those who lost their lives are buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Tubbergen:
WO2 J D Owens RCAF (KIA)
Sgt W H Broadmore (KIA)
Sgt J C A D Lavender (KIA)
WO2 F B Magee RCAF (KIA)
Sgt P H Simpkin (KIA)
Sgt H W Nixon RCAF (KIA)
Sgt W Clark (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3553&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 137.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 November 1943 | ED809 | 625 Sqn RAF | 7 | near 'Varenna' estate, Apeldoorn, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 16 May 1944 | LL894 | 625 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea, 60 km WNW Sylyt |  |
w/o |
| 1 July 1944 | PB126 | 625 Sqn RAF | 2 | Lutz-en-Dunois, Eure-et-Loir département |  |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jun-2016 17:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2020 21:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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