ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50773
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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 635 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND704 |
| MSN: | F2-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wilfred Stillweg - Meerboomweg, Hollandscheveld, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Took off from RAF Downham Market at 18:47 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Friedrich Berger of the 2./NJG 3 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Vechta airfield in Germany) and crashed near Hollandscheveld (Drenthe), 4 km SE of Hoogeveen. All rest in Hoogeveen (Hollandscheveld) General Cemetery, alongside the crew of a 418 Squadron Mosquito shot down at the end of March 1945:
Plt Off W Still (KIA)
Sgt C Talby (KIA)
Sgt J L Tillam (KIA)
Flt Sgt A A Stanbridge (KIA)
Sgt W J Sander (KIA)
WO J N Holmwood (KIA)
Plt Off E O Deveson (KIA)
Note 1.635 Squadron had formed four days previous with the nucleus of crews supplied by 35 Squadron and fellow Path Finders of 97 Squadron.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3554&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 138.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1944/march-44/213-overview-day-by-day-1944-03/3007-25-03-44.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jun-2016 18:33 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2020 21:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2022 10:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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