ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243878
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:06 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM115 |
| MSN: | DX-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lage Mierdseweg, Oud-Turnhout, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:06 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Egon Engling of the 8./NJG 2, who had taken off from Volkel airfield (the Netherlands) at 00:47 hrs in Junkers Ju 88 4R+SS for his 16th Nachtjagd Einsatz.
A few crew members were able to escape using their parachutes:
R. Heasman - prisoner of war
J.R. Maunsell - evader
Q.D. Naysmith - evader, prisoner of war
V.L. Marshall - prisoner of war
Maunsell was helped by the local resistance and remained hidden until the liberation of the area. The three other crew members were killed: A.F. Bayley, T.F. Beecher and J.H. Donovan and rest in the Schoonselhof cemetery at Antwerpen.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/bayley-alan-frederick.html
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 17:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Oct-2020 19:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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