ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50890
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 02:08 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME589 |
| MSN: | UM-D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Wickenby at 23:33 hrs, for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Friedrich Potthast of the 12./NJG 1 (based at the Leeuwarden and Bergen airfields), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
The grave containing Sgt Mitton is on Ameland in Nas General Cemetery, whilst Sgt Bodycot rest on Schiermonnikoog in Vredenhof Cemetery . The rest are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Claimed by Lt Friedrich Potthast 12./NJG1 - Sea 5km NW Zoutkamp (CN-56): 5,700m at 02:08.
Crew
Flt Sgt McG Matheson RCAF (KIA)
Sgt H Dunn (KIA)
Sgt H Cook (KIA)
Sgt A W Mitton (KIA)
Sgt M Latham (KIA)
Sgt G H Bodycot (KIA)
Sgt T J Pullman (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3432&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 93.
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Oct-2015 18:26 | malcolm latham | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2016 17:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2017 23:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 20:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2022 10:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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