ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159412
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| Date: | Saturday 11 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:55 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB643 |
| MSN: | 9J-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieder Ochtenhausen, Bremervörde, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire |
| Harburg |
Took off at 16:41 hrs for an operation against the Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery at Harburg in Hamburg.
Claim by Oblt Helmut Dietrich 6/NJG2 - FF Quelle (North West of Hamburg): 4,500m at 19:41.
Also claimed by Luftwaffe Flak of 4 & 6/schw Flak Abt 607, 1/schw Flak Abt 225, 2/schw Flak Abt 162 RAD, 2/schw Flak Abt 601 and 1/schw 162 (“Lancaster Elm bei Bremervorde 19:56”) and by Marine Flak of 1 & 3/M Flak Abt 294 (“Lancaster North of Bremervorde BT 8 19:55). Marine Flak claim confirmed on 4 December 1944.
Crashed at Nieder Ochtenhausen 5km North of Bremervorde.
The crew were intially buried in a communal grave at Nieder Ochtenhausen Cemetery
Reinterred 23 March 1947.
Crew
Pilot: 182014 Fg Off Terence Dudley Hooper - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 27 Row E Collective Grave 3-7.
Flight Engineer: 1582165 Flt Sgt Percy William Burr - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 27 Row E Collective Grave 3-7.
Navigator: 1396956 Flt Sgt George William Bell - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 27 Row E Collective Grave
3-7.
Bomb Aimer: R/172942 Flt Sgt Lawrence Melion Inman RCAF - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 27 Row E Grave 1.
Wireless Operator: 1765084 Sgt Thomas Reginald White - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 27 Row E Grave 2.
Air Gunner: J/95344 Plt Off Thomas Andrew Johnston RCAF - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 27 Row E
Collective Grave 3-7.
Air Gunner: R/255149 Flt Sgt Douglas Leurensa Hann RCAF - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 27 Row E
Collective Grave 3-7.
All seven crew members rest in the Becklingen War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB643&qand=Nieder+Ochtenhausen&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 16:17 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Aug-2013 16:18 | JINX | Updated [Registration] |
| 28-Aug-2013 16:18 | JINX | Updated [[Registration]] |
| 28-Aug-2013 16:56 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 10-Nov-2018 06:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 08-Sep-2021 17:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2021 17:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2022 12:59 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
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