ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50280
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME752 |
| MSN: | AA-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aan de Kreppel, Heythuysen, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Take off at 23:43 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rheinpreussen synthetic oil installation at Meerbeck in Germany.
The aircraft was claimed shot down by Unteroffizier Bruno Rupp of the 4./NJG 3 (flying a Ju 88 G-1 from Plantlünne airfield, Germany) and by Leutnant Walter Briegleb of the 10./NJG 3 (took off from Düsseldorf at 00:15 hrs in Ju 88 G-1 D5+BV).
Those who perished were initially buried in Heythuysen. They were later reinterred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Flt Sgt Burgess was a part of Trupp 21 and arrived at Bankau on 22nd August 1944.
(The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock)
Pilot F/Sgt. G.B. Roche NZ413219 RNZAF / grave 12 J 3
Flight Engineer Sgt. J. Armstrong 1684332 RAF / grave 12 J 1
Navigator F/O. H. Callow NZ427185 RNZAF / grave 12 J 2
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. J. Burgess NZ421108 RNZAF /Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kruelburg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 442.
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt. J F McD. Barson 1324529 RAF / grave 12 J 4
Mid Upper Gunner F/Sgt. W.E. McGee NZ427902 RNZAF / evader
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. K.E. Smith NZ425179 RNZAF / grave 12 J 5
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3882&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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| 23 May 1944 | ME690 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 7 | Neerpelt Limburg |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Oct-2020 17:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2021 11:02 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Jul-2021 19:54 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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