ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49940
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:13 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME732 |
| MSN: | QR-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hofkampstraat, Almelo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe |
Takeoff at 18:46 hrs for a bombing operation against the Dortmund-Ems canal near Ladbergen (Germany).
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Dortmund-Brackel airfield in Germany.
Six crew members died in the crash. One survived with severe burns. A school and some houses were destroyed. Six civilians on the ground died as well.
Pilot / F/Lt. D.E.R. Stone 152068 RAF / Almelo cemetery
Second Pilot / F/O. N.F. Aldred 183600 RAF / Almelo cemetery
Flight Engineer / Sgt. F.A. Scales 1629785 RAF / Almelo cemetery
Navigator / F/Sgt. E. Hill 1436352 RAF / Almelo cemetery
Bomb Aimer / F/O. W.S. Burns J/22423 RCAF / Almelo cemetery
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. P.M. Matthews 1204048 RAF / Almelo cemetery
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. E.W. Ravenhill 1399220 RAF / prisoner of war
Rear Gunner / Sgt. A.R. Fellows 1818897 RAF / evader
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4291&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991 \r\
https://www.indebuurt.nl/almelo/genieten-van/toen-in/toen-in-almelo-12-doden-bij-vliegtuigcrash-hofkampstraat~75845/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 06:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Sep-2020 11:42 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2020 11:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Mar-2021 20:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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