ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50291
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HK569 |
| MSN: | AA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maas river near Kessel, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal |
Took off from RAF Mepal at 23:28 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rheinpreussen synthetic oil installation at Meerbeck in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Dietrich Schmidt of the 8./NJG 1, who had taken off from Twenthe airfield at 00:34 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+AS.
The Lancaster crashed near Kessel, 9 km SSW of Venlo.
Of those who died, Flt Sgt Hiscox is buried in Beesel Roman Catholic Cemetery, but the other are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Flt Sgt N D Davidson RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt R G Sloman (KIA)
Sgt A E J Goddard (KIA)
Sgt T G Little (PoW)
Sgt D Corris (KIA)
Sgt R S Lang (KIA)
Flt Sgt H J Hiscox (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3880&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 341.
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20121121043941/http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/raf1944/3/davidsonneil.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jun-2016 20:06 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2016 14:25 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2020 17:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 09:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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