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| Date: | Tuesday 16 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:47 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME726 |
| MSN: | UL-X2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Assens, Syddenmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Gardening mission to Denmark. Credited to Feldwebel Gunter Holtfreder, x./NJG 3. No claim in OKL/ RLM10/NJG 3. Comfirmed br abschussuebersicht.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ernest James Presland DFC RAFVR 158971 (NCO:1337134 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 November, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Albert Edward Slade RAFVR 173160 (NCO:1585287 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 April, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alan Wilfred Knapp RAFVR 1604544 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Mark Leslie Abramson RCAF J/15627 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Charles Ashcroft RAFVR 151325 (NCO:1049509 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 May, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Benjamin Johnson Hudson RAFVR 1126973 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Edward Leatham RAFVR 2209059 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arthur George Wright DFM RAFVR 1439962 [Killed]
All lie at the Assens (Fyn) New Cemetery, Denmark (55.267087 / 9.897607)
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY 1944,
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 007.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2023 20:35 | redsix | Added |
| 29-May-2023 09:26 | Nepa | Updated |
| 13-May-2024 11:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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