ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50349
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:20 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 463 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | DV280 |
| MSN: | JO-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Polder van Macharen at Megen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Waddington at 23:03 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer in Germany.
Outward-bound, intercepted by night fighter Unteroffizier Johann Werthner of the 7./NJG 2, who had taken off from Volkel airfield in a Junkers Ju 88 G-1; causing its tanks to blow up and crash in the Polder van Macharen.
Those who perished are buried in Uden War Cemetery. On 25 January 1946, the London Gazette published details of the DFM awarded to Flt Sgt Jones. It is reported that Plt Off forth was admitted to hospital having landed heavily, breaking his pelvis:
Flt Sgt E A L Smith RAAF (KIA)
Fg Off A B Gossip RAAF RAAF (KIA)
Sgt D C Sykes (KIA)
Plt Off K Forth (POW)
Fg Off H F Raynham (KIA)
Flt Sgt P H M Jones DFM (KIA)
Sgt J H Hollis (KIA)
Sgt R E Fittall (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3844&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 290.
http://aircrewremembered.com/smith-eric-alfred.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1944 | PD258 | 463 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Missing |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2016 20:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Oct-2020 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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