ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50701
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| Date: | Monday 23 October 1944 |
| Time: | 19:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD331 |
| MSN: | PH-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Huppel, Winterswijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 16:08 hrs for a bombing operation against Essen (Germany) and failed to return.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
The seven crew members rest at Winterswijk cemetery:
Pilot F/O. D.W. MacLean 420354 RAAF - grave 29 / aged 32
Flight Engineer Sgt. F.W. Niblett 1897417 RAF - grave 31 / aged 36
Navigator W/O. J. Philip 420045 RAAF - grave 30 / aged 26
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. A.B. Llewellyn 423544 RAAF - grave 35 / aged 26
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. J.E.J. Kelly 429341 RAAF - grave 33 / aged 24
Mid Upper Gunner F/Sgt. K.H. Rowley 424838 RAAF - grave 34 / aged 24
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. I.H. Fleming 436537 RAAF - grave 32 / aged 25
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4567&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
2019 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Aug-2013 19:17 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2019 17:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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