ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50348
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL840 |
| MSN: | VN-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oenerbroek, Oene, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 23:17 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter (possibly in the hands of Hauptmann Modrow 1./NJG 1); crashed at Oene, 5 km east of Epe, where WO Lans flying as a second wireless operator, and Sgt Shorter are buried in the general cemtery. Flt Sgt Ingram, tragically fell into the hands of the Gestapo who shot him on 1 October. He rest in Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidenof) General Cemetery:
Sqdn Ldr T B Cole (POW)
Flt Sgt K H C Ingram (Evaded)
Fg Off J Craven (Evaded)
Flt Sgt A G Beresford (POW)
Plt off E J Blakemore (Evaded)
WO J F Lane (KIA)
Sgt F H Shorter (KIA)
Sgt P P Hayes (POW)
Note:-Many years later a Dutch farmer discovered a parachute and an RAF cap hidden under a bush.
The cap bore the name T. B. Cole. The cap had survived despite a fire at his farm some years before. The farmer decided he would like to contact any surviving family of Mr. Cole to return it to them.
Flt Lt Ingram also evaded capture but was eventually caught wearing civilian clothes together with an American airman, Sgt Bob Zercher. On 2 Oct 44 they were taken, with six resistance members, and executed. The six civilians were shot but Kenneth Ingram and Bob Zercher were bayoneted to death. Confirmed by a Judge Adv
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 289.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/cole-thomas.html
http://www.teunispats.nl/t3835.htm
Note:-No 50 /61 Squadron Association
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.4en5mei.nl/herdenken-en-vieren/oorlogsmonumenten/monumenten_zoeken/oorlogsmonument/3396/oene,-oorlogsmonument-aan-de-bartjesbrug&prev=search
http://scarletboy44.tumblr.com/post/32657589841/remember-flight-sergeant-flight-engineer
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 February 1943 | ED488 | 50 Sqn RAF | 3 | Kapelstraat, Hamont-Achel, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | ED753 | 50 Sqn RAF | 5 | Ravensteinseweg, Wijchen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 6 November 1944 | LM628 | 50 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Heerde, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Feb-2009 10:29 | allmanhemel1 | Updated |
| 12-Nov-2013 19:00 | gerard57 | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2016 09:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2020 20:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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