ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266250
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1944 |
| Time: | 20:44 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL880 |
| MSN: | KO-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberhausen-Sterkrade, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
| Dortmund |
Dortmund
Took off from RAF Witchford at 16:45.
Hit by 1/schw Flak Abt 643, 3/schw Flak Abt 366, 3 & 4/schw Flak Abt 243, 1/schw Flak Abt 424
(Eisb) and schw Flakbattr z.b.V. 10462. Crashed Oberhausen/Sterkrade at 20:44.
The crew (except Sgt Dickson, Sgt Truby and Sgt Convy) were initially buried Dusseldorf North Cemetery. Reinterred 23 October 1946.
Crew
Pilot: 655068 WO William Erickson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 8 Row B Grave 1.
Flight Engineer: 1897116 Sgt Harry Thomson Dickson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 228.
Navigator: 1128432 Sgt Jack Lee - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 8 Row A Grave 17.
Bomb Aimer: 1581522 Sgt Arthur John Tippin - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 8 Row A Grave 18.
Wireless Operator: 1624834 Sgt George Frederick Burgess - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 8 Row A Grave 15.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1595391 Sgt James Truby - Runnymede Memorial Panel 239.
Rear Gunner: 1824834 Sgt Michael Convy - Runnymede Memorial Panel 227.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL880&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 February 1945 | PB686 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | Near Joncourt, Aisne |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2021 14:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Sep-2023 17:59 | Anon. | Updated |
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