ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50889
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 05:39 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND410 |
| MSN: | PH-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Grevelingenmeer off Dreischor, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Took off from RAF Wickenby at 23:17 hrs, for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab/NJG 2, who was flying from Deelen airfield.
Crashed into water near Grevelingen (Zeeland), Holland. Three bodies were eventually recovered and buried in Dutch cemeteries. The rest of the crew have no known graves. Plt Off Travers-Clarke, a Cambridge University graduate, was son of the Lieutenant General Sir Travers-Clarke GBE, KCB, KCMG
Crew:-
Plt Off P D Wright (KIA) Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Panel 213 (NCO:1322111 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 March, 1944)
Sgt T E Roe (KIA).Buried in Ouddorp general Cemetery. Row 1 Grave 6
Plt Off E Travers-Clarke (KIA) Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Panel 212 (NCO:1457101 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 January, 1944)
Flt Sgt A J Gillis RCAF (KIA) Buried in Bergen op Zoom. 14. B. 8
Flt Sgt B A Stratton (KIA) Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Panel 222
Sgt B G White (KIA) Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Panel 240
Sgt T White (KIA) Buried in Bergen op Zoom. 14. C. 4
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3426&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 83.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18610455
findagrave.com
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail.php%3Fwtv_id%3D367&prev=search
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG2.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 October 1944 | LL909 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | Cornelissenstraße street, Duisburg-Wehofen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2016 18:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 20:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2024 07:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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