ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175496
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM476 |
| MSN: | QR-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Dallensenweg road, Lügde, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe |
Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 23:07 hrs for an operation to Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Joachim Hanss of the Stab I./NJG 5, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The Lanc exploded, throwing clear the two survivors and crashed in the vicinity of Lügde. Those who died now rest in Hannover War Cemetery. This was a well experienced crew which, earlier in their tour, had performed exceptionally well during a raid on Hannover. This had resulted in four immediate awards, all Gazetted on 26 October 1943.Their wireless operator on that occasion had been Sgt E J Kemish. Plt Off Davies was repatriated aboard the Letitita arriving at Liverpool docks on 2 February 1945.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Anthony Bird DFC RAF 155025 (NCO:1233518 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 September, 1943) [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear RCAF J/10281 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Bernard Kenrick DFM RAFVR 1388233 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer F J Davies RAF [PoW, repatriated]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Ronald V George George RAFVR 133458 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Robert Henry Phillip Hollander RAFVR 171204 (NCO:1339317 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 March, 1944) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer John Howard Pullman RAFVR 144691 (NCO:1318773 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 June, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Harry Aspinall DFM RAFVR 1101769 [Killed]
Associated Sergeant E J Kemish RAF
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=133
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 178.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM476
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R5544 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Düsseldorf-Eller, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 5 September 1942 | R5682 | 61 Sqn RAF | 3 | de Alde Feanen national park; near Wartena, Friesland |  |
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| 6 November 1944 | PB725 | 61 Sqn RAF | 3 | east of Coesfeld (grid square JP 2), Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 9 February 1945 | PB737 | 61 Sqn RAF | 1 | Am Pk. and Krummbek Road off Lidenallee | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2015 17:39 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-May-2015 07:13 | Gerrard | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 10-Jun-2016 15:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2020 17:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2024 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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