ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159235
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:37 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB370 |
| MSN: | EA-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Altenberge, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fulbeck, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 17:41 hrs) |
4/5 November, 1944; LADBERGEN (DORTMUND-EMS CANAL): This proved to be another successful attack by 5 Group, with both branches of the canal being breached, leaving many barges stranded. It prevented much needed smelting coke reaching important steelworks near Brunswick and Osnabrück.
2 Mosquito Pathfinders had led 174 Lancasters (including 12 from 49 Squadron). Three aircraft failed to return. For the second raid in succession, 49 Squadron suffered the loss of a crew. F/O Derrick Talbot, a 22 year-old pilot and his crew, which contained 3 Australians, were flying on only their 5th operation together. Sadly, all were killed:
Lancaster PB370
F/O D. Talbot Pilot (Killed)
Sgt S.R. Crawshaw F/E (Killed)
F/O G.H. Baily RAAF NAV (Killed)
F/S L.G. Speak RAAF W/OP (Killed)
F/O W.J. Moroney A/G (Killed)
F/O H.L. Motterham RAAF A/B (Killed)
F/O R.W. Berry A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 5th operation: and all are buried in the Reichswald Cemetery, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by Oberleutnant Erich Jung of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from an airfield at Köln in Junkers Ju 88 G-1 4R+GP.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Talbot_D
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
4. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB370&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
5. Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 18:12 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 00:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:10 | Cliford | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 28-Oct-2019 15:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 01-Nov-2019 19:59 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2021 09:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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