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| Date: | Tuesday 16 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:53 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL894 |
| MSN: | CF-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 60 km WNW Sylyt -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern, |
Gardening mission. Shot down by Hauptmann Franz Buschmann, Stab. IV./NJG 3 as his 7th victory.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Robert Eugene Beadle RAFVR 172304 (NCO:1518236 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 April, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Albert Llewellyn Dix RAFVR 1892030 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William Robert Merrall RCAF J/23905 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Harry Richard Lawson RCAF R/170867 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Edward Wilkinson RAFVR 1029028 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Potter RAFVR 1676178 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick Noel McDonough RAAF Aus/38449 [Killed]
Sergeant Llewellyn lies at the Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark (55.492322 / 8.413952) and the other are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745).
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 20:40 | redsix | Added |
| 29-May-2023 09:27 | Nepa | Updated |
| 13-May-2024 11:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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