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| Date: | Wednesday 30 August 1944 |
| Time: | 03:51 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM116 |
| MSN: | PM-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | field near Karup, Midtjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
| Stettin |
Takeoff at 21:11 hrs for a bombing operation against Stettin.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow/Unteroffizier Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands at 00:55 hrs, in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+AH.
The Lancaster caught fire and it crashed in a field near Karup killing all onboard. The Germans
buried the remains of the crew on the crash site. In 1949 the RAF Missing research and Enquiry Unit excavated the crash site and found the remains of the crew. They were laid to rest in Kiel war Cemetery.
Crew
Pilot: 152339 Fg Off William Nixon - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Collective Grave 13-19.
Flight Engineer: 1896102 Sgt William Charles Sadler - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Collective Grave 13-19.
Navigator: 152649 Fg Off Charles Bernard Whitmore - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Collective Grave 13-19.
Bomb Aimer: 1621407 Sgt Thomas Barton - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Collective Grave 13-19.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: A/434097 Flt Sgt Thomas Adcock RAAF - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Collective Grave 13-19.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1595923 Sgt Niel Graham McSporran - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E
Collective Grave 13-19.
Rear Gunner: 1594928 Sgt Sidney Walpole Allen - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 5 Row E Collective Grave 13-19.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944128.shtml
Google Maps
The Heinkel He 219 by R. Francis Ferguson
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2021 11:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Jul-2023 16:55 | Anon. | Updated |
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