ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49575
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| Date: | Sunday 3 December 1944 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 582 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB629 |
| MSN: | 6O-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tongeren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 08:04 hrs for an operation to Heimbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Over the province of Limburg in the Netherlands, the aircraft was probably damaged by Luftwaffe pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Petersen of the 2./KG 51 (based at the Rheine and Hopsten airfields in Germany), who was flying Me 262 A-2a 9K+EK.
The crew bailed out and were secured by American troops. One of the gunners did not survive however:
Pilot F/Lt. A.F. Green J/9548 RCAF / safe
Flight Engineer Sgt. D.R. Naylor RAF / safe
Navigator F/O. W. Mood RCAF / safe
Bomb Aimer F/O. C.E. Dalik RCAF / safe
Wireless Operator Sgt. W.J. Hough RAF / safe
Air Gunner W/O. I J.L. Campbell RCAF / safe
Air Gunner F/Lt. F.G. Grillage 86729 RAF / Venray War Cemetery in Limburg, the Netherlands; grave 5 F 2
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4766&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
O'Connell, s.68
LW claims by Michael Balss
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 December 1944 | PB523 | 582 Sqn RAF | 3 | Opitter, Bree, Limburg | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Aug-2013 05:48 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2018 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2019 17:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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