ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50275
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:00 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA967 |
| MSN: | AA-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Frenkenbaan road, Ospel, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal |
Took off from RAF Mepal at 23:20 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rheinpreussen synthetic oil installation at Meerbeck in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfähnrich Gerhard Wartenborger of the 4./NJG 3, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 G-1 from Plantlünne airfield in Germany; crashed at around 01:00 hrs in open countryside some 4 km N of Nederweert 4 km NE from the centre of Weert.
All are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery:
Flt Sgt E Howell RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt J J Blundell (KIA)
Sgt R J Wilkinson (KIA)
Fg Off J R McGeorge (KIA)
Flt Sgt G H Redwood RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt R D McAdam (KIA)
Flt Sgt L C Hickford RNZAF (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 342.
https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/e-howell-crew-2-6-44-%E2%80%A0/
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3885&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1944 | ND919 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 7 | Kasteel Elderschans, Herendreef, Aardenburg, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | ND802 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 3 | Prinsenbos, Gilze, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Images:
Field into which PA967 crashed.Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Aug-2013 06:25 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2016 21:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 25-Jun-2016 21:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Phase] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2020 17:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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