ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231814
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 05:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LL720 |
| MSN: | EQ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde off Paal, Graauw, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:48 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was brought down in two attacks by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. E.S. Winn J/8840 RCAF / Antwerpen War Cemetery in Belgium; grave Iva-C-34
Flight Engineer Sgt. E.W. Bolt 642443 RAF / Antwerpen War Cemetery in Belgium; grave Iva-C-35
Navigator F/O. J.R. Leaman J/24215 RCAF / Antwerpen War Cemetery in Belgium; grave Iva-C-32
Bomb Aimer F/O. J.R. Bonneville J/25732 RCAF / Antwerpen War Cemetery in Belgium; grave Iva-C-31
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. R.H. Wade R/80790 RCAF / Antwerpen War Cemetery in Belgium; grave Iva-C-41
Air Gunner T/Sgt. N.H.H. Brown PH 10601604 USAAF / Ardennes American Cemetery; grave B-29-15
Air Gunner Sgt. E. Dramnitzki R/181880 RCAF / Antwerpen War Cemetery in Belgium; grave Iva-C-27
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=LL720&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 December 1943 | DS718 | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near Wietmarschen, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 13:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
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