ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51017
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| Date: | Saturday 22 January 1944 |
| Time: | 00:46 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL627 |
| MSN: | JI-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee near Kornwerderzand, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridge |
Mission : Magdeburg. Took off from RAF Waterbeach. Lost in the same area as Lancaster DS824 JI-K, which crashed in the IJsselmeer. Flt Sgt Upton and Sgt Brettell rest in Harlingen General Cemetery; the others are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Their average age was 21.
Crew
Flt Sgt J Bennett RCAF (KIA) Runnymede Memorial
Sgt K A Lowery (KIA)Runnymede Memorial
Flt Sgt T W Dodd RCAF (KIA)Runnymede Memorial
Sgt W L Baker RCAF (KIA)Runnymede Memorial
Flt Sgt P W Upton (KIA) Harlingen General Cemetery
Sgt A Brettell (KIA) Harlingen General Cemetery
WO D J Hughes (KIA)Runnymede Memorial
Note:-21-Jan-44 LL627 JI-U Magdeburg Crashed in the Ijsselmeer. Lost in the same area as DS824, with the loss of the entire crew, under unknown circumstances.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3322&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 50.
CWGC.
www.514squadron.co.uk/Losses.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2009 10:21 | larry617 | Updated |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:38 | Uli Elch | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:39 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:17 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 04-Jun-2016 16:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2019 20:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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