ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50281
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:35 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME691 |
| MSN: | AA-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the road Veghel-Uden; Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal |
Took off from RAF Mepal at 23:35 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rheinpreussen synthetic oil installation at Meerbeck in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Walter Briegleb of the 10./NJG 3, who had taken off from Düsseldorf at 00:15 hrs in Ju 88 G-1 D5+BV; crashed astride a road near Veghel, 8 km SW of Uden where those who perished were buried in the local war cemetery on 25 July:
WO H Whittington RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt D W Gore (PoW)
Fg Off J Stevens RNZAF (KIA)
Flt Lt A A Simpson RNZAF (KIA)
Plt Off P E Tomkins RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt R J M Batty (KIA)
Flt Sgt A C Fleycher RNZAF (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3881&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 341.
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Andrew%20Fletcher.htm
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/ME6911944-07-21.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jun-2016 17:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2020 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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