ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50337
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:12 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME704 |
| MSN: | WS-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Klomp, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney |
Took off from RAF Bardney at 23:06 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by Hauptmann Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow & Unteroffizier Erich Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 00:43 hrs in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+AH. The crew caught the Lancaster at 20,000 feet. The aircraft was abandoned and came down at De Klomp (Buurtsteeg).
Those who died are buried in various Cemeteries. Sgt Redshaw RCAF was 18 years of age and was amongst the youngest Canadians killed in Bomber Command in 1944:
Fg Off L S McMurchy RCAF (KIA) - Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial
Sgt C A Glew (evader, POW - arrested 21 July in Antwerp)
Fg Off A B Berry RCAF (POW)
Fg Off W R Shepphard RCAF (POW)
Sgt R S Hardie (POW)
Sgt P Bowen-Chennell (KIA)- Ede General Cemetery
Sgt D A H Redshaw RCAF (KIA)- Amersfoort Oud Leusden Cemetery
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3829&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 289.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1943 | W4840 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | near steam pumping station Overhagense Weide at Velp, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 16 December 1943 | EE188 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Salzbergen, Ems, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jun-2016 21:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 22:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Oct-2020 17:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2020 17:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2020 21:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Oct-2020 21:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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