ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159562
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| Date: | Thursday 2 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:31 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD255 |
| MSN: | BQ-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Allrath, Grevenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme, Lincolnshire |
| Dusseldorf |
Took off from RAF North Killingholme at 16:16.
Claim by Fw Artur Jansen Stab I/NJG11 - 10km South of Dusseldorf: 4,500m at 19:31.
Fw Jansen wrote in his Leistungsbuch “Witness: Flak unit South of Dusseldorf, 2 attacks from below and
behind, 1 in a dive from behind, aircraft spiralled down to starboard, witnesses crash fire”.
(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
Crew
Pilot: 119550 Flt Lt Donovon John Foster - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 7 Row C Grave 1.
Flight Engineer: 200723 Sgt Frederick Parkinson Newcombe - Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row A Grave 6.
Navigator: 1621258 Sgt Sydney Pick - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 7 Row C Grave 2.
Bomb Aimer: 152574 Fg Off Harry Albert George Gadd - Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row A Grave 5.
Wireless Operator: 1871565 Sgt Philip Reginald Kingman - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 7 Row C Collective Grave 3-5.
Air Gunner: 2218704 Sgt James Leonard - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 7 Row C Collective Grave 3-5.
Air Gunner: 1415228 Sgt Victor Charles Morgan - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 7 Row C Collective Grave
3-5.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PD255&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:21 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Damage, Operator] |
| 06-Sep-2021 13:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2022 20:33 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
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