ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50897
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 04:33 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV267 |
| MSN: | SR-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boerakker, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
| Leipzig |
Took off from RAF Ludford Magna at 23:38 hrs.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Frank of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+HL from Vechta airfield in Germany.
The Lanc crashed at Boerakker, 17 km WSW of Groningen, Holland. It is reported that Sgt Waight died from a broken neck, his body being found at Noordwijk, where he now lies in the Protestant Cemetery. WO Laurens, whose immediate DFM was published on 25 January 1944, was a most resolute bomber pilot who had been involved in at least seven attacks on Berlin. Along with Sgt Bolt, he rests in Leek (Tolbert) Protestant Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Laurens DFM RAFVR 171908 (NCO:657916 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 March, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Alexander George Kibble RAF 1802466 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Leslie Burton RAF 1451691 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Norman Aitken RAF 1509571 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Cassian Henry Waight RAFVR 172841 (NCO:1396398 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 April, 1944) [Killed]
Special Equipment Operator : Flight Sergeant James Arthur Davies RAF 1651898 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Albert Edward Roystone RAF 647141 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Frederick Donald Bolt RAFVR 1587851 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3428&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 86.
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem9.htm
http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/?p=587
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://wargraves.nl/graven/lokatie/nl/tolbert/pb.html&prev=search
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | ED373 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea 1 km west of Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland | |
mis |
| 28 May 1944 | LM459 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Oudelandsedijk 433, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2016 16:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2016 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 19:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 10:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Feb-2024 13:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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