ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170649
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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:08 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5666 |
| MSN: | KM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Üdinghausen-Warringhof, Melle, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| Nienburg |
Took off from RAF Waddington for a bombing operation against Nienburg/Weser.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 1.-3./H. Abt. 42 and of the 1. & 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 743; crashed.
80082 Fg Off R R Michell - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 868.
1225763 Sgt J K Alger - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 900.
R/78129 Flt Sgt G T Graham RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 927.
R/109941 Sgt H Brown RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 916.
Sgt E H Crew
80082 Fg Off R R Michell - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 868.
1225763 Sgt J K Alger - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 900.
R/78129 Flt Sgt G T Graham RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 927.
R/109941 Sgt H Brown RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 916.
R/85948 Sgt E H Bundy RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 917.
Air Gunner: 616549 Flt Sgt John Kinghorn - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row C Grave 13.
Air Gunner: 744503 Sgt William George Sheppard - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row C Grave 17. RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 3/PoW Number 917.
Air Gunner: 616549 Flt Sgt John Kinghorn - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row C Grave 13.
Air Gunner: 744503 Sgt William George Sheppard - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 26 Row C Grave 17.
Sources:
http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/44%20squadron.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1942 | R5516 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 4 November 1944 | PB192 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 2 | Darup, Nottuln, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2014 17:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:27 | Digger | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Oct-2019 16:10 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2020 18:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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