ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50898
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS788 |
| MSN: | EQ-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wolfsbarge, Kropswolde, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0003 on their operational debut. Outward-bound for Leipzig, shot down by a night-fighter from 20,000 feet, whose fire destroyed the rudders and caused the Lancaster at Kropswolde, (Groningen) in the SW outskirts of Hoogezand Sappemeer, Holland.
Those who died are buried in the local Protestant churchyard. Aged 19, Fg Off Frampton RCAF was amongst the youngest pilots killed on Bomber Command operations during 1944. Wreckage from his aircraft was salvaged during October 1973.
Crew
Fg Off J A Frampton RCAF (KIA)
Sgt F W C Robertson (Evaded)
Flt Sgt J J Astles RCAF (KIA)
Fg Off G W Reynolds RCAF (POW)
Sgt K W Tindall (KIA)
Sgt K H Bennett RCAF (KIA)
Sgt K Smith (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3430&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 89.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 January 1944 | LL699 | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF | 6 | near Hellendorf and Negenborn at Wedemark, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | LL725 | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF | 8 | North Sea 10-60 km off Helgoland island (Schleswig-Holstein) | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jun-2016 21:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 19:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 09:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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