ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49133
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | 21:12-19 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 463 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | LM548 |
| MSN: | JO-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hulshoven 47 at Weert, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| RAF Waddington |
Took off at 17:08 hrs from RAF Waddington to attack the Mittelland Kanal near Gravenhorst.
Homeward-bound, intercepted by Hauptmann Heinz Rökker of the 2./NJG 2, who had been scrambled from Twente in Ju 88 G-6 4R+CK at 20:18 hrs; exploded in mid-air.
Those who lost their lives now lie in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Lawrence Roy Pedersen RAAF Aus/426237 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant T P Freeman RAF [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Francis Edwin Gould RAAF Aus/433522 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer R K Dixon RAAF Aus/421256 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Edward Thomas Sumner RAAF Aus/433169 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Warrant Officer Rowland Heel RAFVR 954030 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Harkness RAFVR 1593024 [Killed]
Sources:
1. SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5269
2. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
3. Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 90
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 October 1944 | PD259 | 463 Sqn RAAF | 4 | Walcheren, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 07:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2016 14:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2021 16:27 | Koumes | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2022 12:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jun-2022 00:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jun-2022 09:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2024 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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