ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267453
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| Date: | Saturday 11 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL939 |
| MSN: | DX-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beckdorf, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
| Harburg |
Took off at 16:54 hrs for an operation against the Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery at Harburg in Hamburg.
The Lanc was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crash-landed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Samuel Bowden RAFVR 182602 [Killed] (NCO:1455852 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 September, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur C. Brett RAFVR 1867875 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Lewis Wolfe Nagley RAF 1676957 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Stanley Cranston Alldis RAF 1398378 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Aloysius McLaughlin RAFVR 1562810 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Sidney Charles Green RAFVR 1585525 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Bayford RAF 531871 [Killed]
Those who perished rest in the Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL939&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1943 | W4377 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | North of Boxtel (behind 'De Ketting' pub), Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 29 September 1943 | JA910 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | Hogebroeksweg, Raalte, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | NN696 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2021 17:25 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Nov-2023 07:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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