ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204033
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5613 |
| MSN: | QR-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Takeoff at 00:01 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Fritz Schellwat of the 5./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield - (claim) 4 km east of Waterloo SE of Brussels (6C): 3,200m at 02:30 hrs; crashed at La Hulpe 14 km SE of Brussels.
Five of the crew rest at Brussels Town Cemetery:
Pilot:102988 Plt Off Ralph Edward Clark DFM - Brussels Town Cemtery X. 14. 2.
Pilot:41342 Sgt Stanley Holmes Lincoln RNZAF - Brussels Town Cemtery X. 14. 5.
Observer:1053543 Sgt Edward Ernest Patchett - Brussels Town Cemtery X. 14. 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:971310 Flt Sgt Alistair MacNab McKelvie DFM - Brussels Town Cemtery X. 14. 3.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1162656 Sgt Oliver Percy Beswick - Brussels Town Cemtery X. 14. 4.
Air Gunner:935693 Flt Sgt Norman Rhodes Hartley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
Air Gunner:1212794 Sgt William Roch Griffiths - Evaded (See link below)
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-bij-la-hulpe
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.evasioncomete.org/fgriffiwr.html&prev=search
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 1942 | R5663 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | Öresund near Lerberget, Helsingborg |  |
w/o |
| 15 August 1943 | ED722 | 61 Sqn RAF | 5 | Berchères-les-Pierres, Eure-et-Loir 28 |  |
w/o |
| 25 April 1944 | LM359 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | La Chapelle-Thècle, Saône-et-Loire département | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2018 18:48 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2019 19:45 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 24-Apr-2020 17:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 17:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2022 11:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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