ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50472
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE118 |
| MSN: | UM-U2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Asten, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Wickenby at 22:37 hrs for a bombing operation against Dortmund in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow/Unteroffizier Schneider of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+EK from Venlo airfield. Credited ad Modrow's 14th victory.
The bomber crashed at Asten (Noord-Brabant), 10 km SE from the centre of Helmond. Those who perished were buried at Venlo, since when their bodies have been taken to Jonkerbos War Cemetery in Gelderland:
Flt Sgt E Grisdale (Evaded)
Sgt R A J Sindall (POW)
Fg Off J B Morritt RCAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt R H Punter RCAF (Evaded)
Sgt I A Pretswell (KIA)
Flt Sgt R J Turtle (POW)
Sgt R W Richardson (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 page 238.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3700&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 August 1944 | PA989 | 626 Sqn RAF | 3 | Ruschberg, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
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| 14 July 1945 | PD287 | 626 Sqn RAF | 6 | Burdale, nr Wharram Percy, 12 mi NW of RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2016 14:32 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 19-Aug-2020 19:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2023 05:43 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
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