ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49944
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:10 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM212 |
| MSN: | VN-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Slangenburgweg road at Zelhem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, England |
| Ladbergen - Dormund-Ems Kanal |
Took off at 19:08 hrs to breach the Dortmund-Ems canal north of Münster, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Dortmund-Brackel airfield in Germany.
The six men who perished rest in the Zelhem cemetery:
Crashed near castle Slangenburg at Zelhem.
Sgt Kelly was captured on 23 November 1944.
He was part of Trupp 55 and arrived at Bankau on 20 December 1944.
Fg Off Sweetman’s parents were resident in Kowloon when the Japanese invaded and they were taken prisoner.
Crew
Pilot: 179538 Fg Off John Edward Sweetman - Zelham General Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 10.
Flight Engineer: 1627470 Sgt Ernest Gordon Gully - Zelham General Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 11.
Navigator: 1587621 Sgt Edward George Hobbs - Zelham General Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 9.
Bomb Aimer: 659129 Sgt Andrew Johnstone - Zelham General Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 13.
Wireless Operator: 1583103 Sgt William Roland Wilcox - Zelham General Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 8.
Mid upper Gunner: 18255 Sgt G Kelly - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia PoW Number 1246.
Rear Gunner: 1892749 Sgt George Archer Keens - Zelham General Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 12.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4287&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1942 | R5728 | 50 Sqn RAF | 7 | Braine-le-Comte, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 30 September 1943 | JB143 | 50 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Apr-2010 11:50 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 27-Dec-2011 06:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Mar-2021 15:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2023 19:04 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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