ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50397
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM581 |
| MSN: | AS-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tongeren hamlet, Epe, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
Takeoff at 22:38 hrs for a bombing operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter. Possibly, this was a Bf 110 G-4 in the hands of Hauptmann Gerhard Friedrich of the 1./NJG 6 who operated from Deelen airfield.
The aircraft came down on the Tongeren estate and hamlet, approx. 4 km west of Epe, thus north of Apeldoorn, in the Epe municipality, province of Gelderland.
All seven crew KIA:
Plt. Off. T. W. Boyce RNZAF - Pilot - buried Epe
Sgt. J. B. Carter - Flight Engineer - buried Epe
Fg. Off. A. B. Leonard - Navigator - buried Epe
Fg. Off. M. A. Monks - Air Bomber - buried Epe
Sgt. S. Alldis - Wireless Op. - buried Epe
Sgt. H. Rothwell - Mid Upper Gunner - buried Epe
Sgt. I. M. Ross - Rear Gunner - buried Epe
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
2. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
3. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dswallow4/NetherlandCrashes.htm
4. http://www.teunispats.nl/t3773.htm
5. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
6. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3773&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
7. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1944 | ME720 | 166 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hämikon, canton of Luzern |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 03:29 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2014 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2016 22:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2020 16:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2020 16:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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