ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50276
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:35 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND915 |
| MSN: | AA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Keldonksestraat, Keldonk-Erp, Noord-Brabant -
 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.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Husemann of the Stab I./NJG 3, who had left Le Culot airfield (Belgium) between 00:18-00:25 hrs, in Junkers Ju 88 G-6 D5+WB; crashed 01:35 between Keldonk (Noord Brabant) and Erp, 5 km SE of Veghel.
Those who died now lie in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery. At 18, Sgt Stephenson was amongst the youngest airman killed while flying on Bomber Command operations during 1944:
WO H E Gilmour RAAF (KIA)
Sgt R E Buzza (KIA)
WO L A Woodward RAAF (PoW)
Flt Sgt S Mills RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt J E Osborne RAAF (KIA)
Sgt W J S Ballard (PoW)
Sgt J L Stephenson (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3884&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 342.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAF
Images:
75 Squadron Association. Photo of aicraft after crashing.
at the crashsite remains found in 2015. The added picture from the aircraft is wrong. The registartion was AA-A
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Jun-2016 20:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 25-Jun-2016 20:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2018 15:51 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2019 18:43 | Veghel | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 12-Nov-2019 08:46 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Cn] |
| 22-Oct-2020 18:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2020 18:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2021 12:18 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 22-Jun-2022 05:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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