ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175576
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1944 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB599 |
| MSN: | UM-Q2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blasheim, Lübbecke, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Wickenby at 1859.
Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Blasheim 3 km WSW of Lubbecke. Oblt. Brinkmann of Stab I./NJG3 and Ofw. Glitz of 5./NJG2 both claimed the shooting down of 626 Squadron Lancaster JB599.
The force of the crash, coupled with the fire that followed, totally destroyed the Lancaster. All were buried at Blasheim, since when their remains have been brought to Hannover War Cemetery. At 18, Sgt Dixon was amongst the youngest airman killed on operations in 1944:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer George Douglas Kewley RAFVR 141882 [Killed] (NCO:1481298 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 June, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Colin Craigie RAFVR 1395725 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Terrence Helyer Prickett RAFVR 151337 [Killed] (NCO:818124 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 May, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Phillip Paul Dowd RCAF J/22851 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Christopher Saunders RAFVR 1130386 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Bernard Mills RAFVR 1350976 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Beattie Dixon RAFVR 1678171 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=73
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 127.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php%3Fidart%3D73&prev=search
www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=73
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 December 1944 | PB687 | 626 Sqn RAF | 3 | west of Verviers, Liège |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2015 18:56 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jun-2015 13:43 | Yety | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 07-Jun-2016 20:33 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2020 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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