ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50450
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND955 |
| MSN: | LS-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kerkweg - Heiveldsestraat roads, Someren, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 00:03 hrs for a bombing operation against Aachen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Strüning & Oberleutnant Apel of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 23:20 hrs, in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+EL.
Pilot / F/O. W.D. McKay AUS422255 RAAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 61
Flight Engineer / Sgt. D.F.A. Peach 1872747 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 64
Navigator / F/O. J. Turner 152492 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 63
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. W.C. Chandler AUS408476 RAAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 62
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/O. K.D. Goddard 139402 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 66
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. R.J. Hughes 2209477 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 65
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. F.D. Maddock R/146775 RCAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery (Gelderland); grave 16 B 8
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=ND955&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 November 1944 | PB115 | 15 Sqn RAF | 5 | Schijndel, near border of Sint-Oedenrode; Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Sep-2020 17:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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