ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50335
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND551 |
| MSN: | OL-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 23:18 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (Belgium) at 00:54 hrs in Bf110 G-4 G9+DF; exploded, throwing clear Flt Lt Walker who managed to evade capture for several weeks before falling into the hands of the Gestapo. On 9 July, in the area of Tilburg, he was shot and his name is noe commemorated on Panel 203 of the Runnymede Memorial. The others who died when their Lancaster fell in open countryside 3 km S of Valkenswaard (Noord Brabant) rest in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemtery. All DFM recipients had their awards Gazetted on 25 January 1945. This aircraft carried improved MONICA (Mason):
Flt Lt R A Walker DFC MiD (Evaded)
Flt sgt H E Houldsworth DFM (KIA)
Flt Lt N J Cornell DFC (KIA)
Flt Lt J H Wells DFC (KIA)
Flt Sgt R C Bailey DFM (KIA)
Flt Sgt C R Taylor DFM (KIA)
Flt Sgt D R Kelly DFM (KIA)
* See ASN 77 Squadron Halifax MZ698 KN-J regarding Fg Off Nott and Flt Lt Walker demise.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3837&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 293.
https://na514.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/shot-in-cold-blood-part-2/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 January 1944 | JB724 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sautour, Philippeville, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | PB230 | 83 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hodenhagen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jun-2016 22:06 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2016 22:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Phase] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2020 17:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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