ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234699
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 00:05 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND328 |
| MSN: | HW-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sint-Martens-Voeren, Voeren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:16 hrs for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Unteroffizier Schneider of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands at 23:35 hrs, in He 219 A-0 G9+GK.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Arthur John Thomas Armon RAFVR 172478 (NCO:1468788 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 April, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Dennis Bertram Cox RAFVR 1891838 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Reginald Francis Weedon RAFVR 139700 (NCO:1330343 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer George Robert Boxall RCAF J/88409 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David Jones RAFVR 954868 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Leonard Douglas Bowden RCAF J/88088 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Maxwell Robertson RAAF Aus/424821 [Killed]
All rest in Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven in Vlaams-Brabant.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND328
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1944 | PB172 | 100 Sqn RAF | 6 | Oberweier, Gaggenau, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | LM658 | 100 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Bergentheim, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 11:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Apr-2024 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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