ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49465
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | 19:30 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME647 |
| MSN: | AS-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rimburgerweg road, Eygelshoven, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (EGNJ) |
Took off at 15:10 hrs for an operation against railway yards at Osterfeld in Germany.
The Lanc was intercepted by Hauptmann Johannes Hager of the 6./NJG 1, who had taken off from Düsseldorf airfield at 18:15 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+IP.
Aircraft came down at Eygelshoven, inside of the Rimburgerweg, near Heerlen, 26 Km east-north-east of Maastricht, just inside Dutch territory and in the already liberated Province of Zuid-Limburg. The area had been under Allied control since mid-September 1944 (after Operation ‘Market Garden’ etc.).
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant James Anthony Sherry RCAF J/37006 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Alexander Martin RAFVR 185419 [Killed] (NCO:1365547 Commission Gazetted : Sunday 24 September, 1944)
Navigator : Flying Officer Michael Bernyk RCAF J/38740 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Donald Howard Bennett RCAF J/37881 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Surman RAFVR 1606202 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Clarence Young RCAF R/204280 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Cletus Daze RCAF R/82170 [Killed]
All seven crew rest in the Nederweert cemetery.
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4874&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dswallow4/NetherlandCrashes.htm
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
4. Google Maps
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 February 1944 | DV220 | 166 Sqn RAF | 3 | 3 km southeast of Krahne, Kloster Lehnin, Brandenburg |  |
w/o |
Images:
In September or November 1944, Rimburgerweg 3 Eygelshoven
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2011 11:22 | P.vreuls | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 09:28 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2014 22:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2014 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Dec-2014 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2014 22:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2014 22:22 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2017 12:41 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Sep-2021 15:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2021 15:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Category] |
| 31-Dec-2023 08:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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