ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232211
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:15 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND474 |
| MSN: | EA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bolstern, Bad Saulgau, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 1905 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Günther Köberich of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 C-6 R4+PP from Quakenbrück airfield in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft crashed into a field near Bolstern.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Thomas William Waugh RAFVR 172413 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Hoole RAFVR 1684873 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Terence Conlon McEneaney RAFVR 1511670 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Joseph Knowles RAFVR 55042 (NCO:570308 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 May, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Edgar Hardy RAFVR 1321865 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Brigg Birbeck RAFVR 1685263 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Grenfell Wise RAFVR 1835959 [Killed]
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND474
3. https://www.rememberingnd474.co.uk/
4. Google Maps
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1943 | ED434 | 49 Sqn RAF | 5 | 1.5 km SW of Dodewaard, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2020 22:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Jan-2020 17:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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