ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50347
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:33 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL938 |
| MSN: | KM-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberembt, Elsdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge |
Took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge at 23:25 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Schäfer, Unteroffizier Manter & Obergefreiter Klietmann of the 7./NJG 2, who had been scrambled from Volkel (the Netherlands) in Junkers Ju 88 G-1 R4+JR at 00:32 hrs.
Of those who lost their lives, three are buried in Nederweert War Cemetery (the Netherlands). Tech Sgt Martin USAAF is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing at the US Military Cemetery at Margraten. He had been awarded an Air Medal and a Purple Heart. It is believed this was the only Bomber Command crew lost in the war that compised of airmen from the three Commonwealth and Dominion air forces, plus a USAAF representative.
Three of the crew were first buried at Oberempt, brought to Margraten by the USAAF, and eventually Nederweert.
Concerning the casualties for this night, in general, it was the last occasion that Bomber Command would suffer so badly during operations to the Ruhr. Most of those shot down fell victim to night-fighters that successfully infiltrated the bomber stream.
Plt Off R Wood RNZAF (KIA) - Nederweert cemetery
Sgt F J Such (POW)
WO A J Sargeant (POW)
Flt Sgt A M Martin RAAF (POW)
Flt Sgt A M Leonard RCAF (KIA) - Nederweert cemetery
Tech Sgt A E Martin USAAF (KIA) - Margraten Walls of the Missing
Flt Sgt C J Phillips (POW)
Sgt V McKenzie (KIA) - Nederweert cemetery
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3831&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 290.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 September 1942 | W4169 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | Nijbroekerweg road, Emst, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W4187 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Skallingen, Blåvand, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 3 September 1943 | W4961 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Velber, Seelze, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | PB266 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 3 | Wangen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 04:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:28 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Jun-2016 10:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2020 18:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2020 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2020 19:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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