ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158566
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| Date: | Monday 28 August 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA991 |
| MSN: | BQ-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bollezeele, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme |
Took off from RAF North Killingholme at 17:56 to attack a flying bomb site. Hit by flak, crashing at Bollezeele in the Department of Nord, 14 km SW of Berques. The three airmen who died rest in Bollezeele Communal Cemtery. Sgt Picton's brother, Walter Charles Picton died while on active service.
Sqn Ldr MacAleavey awarded DFC whilst with 550 Squadron. Gazetted 15 September 1944.
Sgt Hewlett and Flt Sgt Neal were part of Trupp 34. They arrives at Bankau on 25 September 1944.
(The Long Road by Oliver Clutton-Brock)
Crew
Pilot: 175515 Fg Off Stanley Christmas Beeson - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 5275.
Flight Enginner: 1852573 Sgt Kelvin John Russell Hewlett - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 783.
Navigator: 117149 Sqn Ldr Kevin MacAleavey - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 5294.
Bomb Aimer: 1398484 Flt Sgt Derrick Neal - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 797.
Wireless Operator: 1620610 Sgt John Kenneth Norgate - Bollezeele Communal Cemetery Collective Grave.
Air Gunner: 1851762 Sgt James Arthur Trayhorn - Bollezeele Communal Cemetery Collective Grave.
Air Gunner: 1801735 Sgt Horace Sydney Picton - Bollezeele Communal Cemetery Collective Grave.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 400.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=402
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History of this aircraft
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| 14 January 1944 | DV306 | 550 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Vorwohle (700 m. E of the railway station), Eimen, Niedersachsen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 10:04 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Jul-2016 13:51 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2021 17:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 14-Oct-2022 16:04 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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