ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49130
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | 23:09-40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 170 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NN744 |
| MSN: | TC-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vliegerberg near Oude Baan at Bergen, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hemswell |
Mission : Duisburg. Took off from RAF Hemswell at 19:09 hrs.
Homeward-bound, intercepted by a Bf 110 G-4 of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1.
Crashed at Aijen (Limburg) where Flt Lt Smith was first buried. His grave is now in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Flt Sgt Willis is reported to have died from his wounds while being treated in a German staffed hospital on 6 April. He is buried in Holland at Steenwijkerwold (Kallenkote) General Cemetery, Overijssel:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Thomas Cecil Birdwood Smith RAFVR 173785 (NCO:1375057 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 May, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Leslie Robert Willis RAFVR 1604003 [Fatal Injury]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Claude Hartley RAAF Aus/426587 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Arthur Charles Norris Bates RAF 1253513 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant W F E Moss RAF [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant J Downing RAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant R E Price RAF [PoW]
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5267
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 88.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/thomas-smith.html
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Smith&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=69&GSob=n&GSsr=81&GRid=13827671&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Willis&GSfn=L&GSmn=R&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=69&GSob=n&GRid=18879323&df=all&
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-May-2016 18:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2018 19:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Oct-2019 11:56 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2022 13:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2024 07:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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