ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172524
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:47 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND406 |
| MSN: | GT-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Holzweiler, Erkelenz, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Lancaster III ND406 "GT-S" 156 Squadron, RAF. Target: Nürnberg, Bayern. Took off from RAF Upwood at 22:35 hrs.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Günther Köberich, Oberfeldwebel Heidenreich and Oberfeldwebel Kramell of the 6./NJG 2 (who had taken off from Quakenbrück airfield in Niedersachsen at 23:41 hrs, in Ju 88 R-2 R4+DP), on the outbound leg, coming down near Holzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia (at approximate Coordinates: 51°2 '52 " N , 6°24 '20" E). Six of the seven crew KIA, one survived to be taken PoW:
W/O J A Murphy RAAF died
Sgt J Baldwin died
F/O I J Toppings RCAF died
Sgt A C Kendrick died
Sgt L W Wooliscroft POW
W/O G R N Wood RAAF died
Sgt H L Hepworth died
Sgt Wooliscroft was thrown clear as Lancaster ND406 exploded. The crew were on the nineteenth operation of their second tour (first tour being 20 and the pathfinder tour was 25).
Sources:
1. http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/156losses.html
2. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holzweiler
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
4. Bing Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2014 19:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 15:28 | Quentin | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2016 19:28 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2021 12:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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