ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200046
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5544 |
| MSN: | QR-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Düsseldorf-Eller, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:50 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak of the 3./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 133 and crashed.
Those who had died were initially buried in Düsseldorf's Nordfriedhof. After the cessation of hostilities they were reinterred at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot:65555 Fg Off Gordon Leslie Tofield - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 1.
Pilot:1270204 Sgt Ronald Larter - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 6.
Observer:1164030 Flt Sgt Leslie James Partridge - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
39359 Fg Off W R Williams PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 3644.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1057551 Sgt John Titterington - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 3.
Air Gunner:104427 Plt Off Samuel Partington Walsh - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 4.
Air Gunner:951680 Sgt Roy Bugler Ganderton - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 5.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5544
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 September 1942 | R5682 | 61 Sqn RAF | 3 | de Alde Feanen national park; near Wartena, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 23 April 1944 | LM476 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Dallensenweg road, Lügde, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 6 November 1944 | PB725 | 61 Sqn RAF | 3 | east of Coesfeld (grid square JP 2), Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 9 February 1945 | PB737 | 61 Sqn RAF | 1 | Am Pk. and Krummbek Road off Lidenallee | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2017 15:04 | w.bleumink | Added |
| 04-Jan-2018 21:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2018 21:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Mar-2018 21:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 29-Jun-2018 06:52 | ehren69 | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2019 14:39 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 01-Nov-2019 19:52 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 22-Apr-2020 19:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2022 06:10 | Kennethstone1@bigpon | Updated [Cn] |
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