ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50364
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:51 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME840 |
| MSN: | BQ-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heelweg 78, Varsseveld, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme |
Took off from RAF North Killingholme at 23:05 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, intercepted and crashed near Varsseveld. Claims were submitted by Oblt. Josef Nabrich (3./NJG 1 / Heinkel He 219 A-0) and by Oblt. Georg Fengler (Stab IV./NJG 1 / Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4).
Those who perished rest in Wisch (Varsseveld) General Cemetery, their graves being alongside a 429 Squadron pilot who died on 12 June 1943. Flt Sgt had flown with 460 Squadron, his DFM being Gazetted on 10 December 1943. Flt Lt Tizard was the Squadron's Gunnery Leader:
Sqdn Ldr G S Smith DFC (KIA)
Fg Off K A Y Roy (evader)
Fg Off J J Berg DFC (KIA)
Fg Off L Pulfrey (KIA)
Flt Sgt R Townsend DFM (KIA)
Flt Lt St. J Tizard (KIA)
Fg Off J Heath RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3814&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 288.
http://www.550squadronassociation.org.uk/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/SqdnLeaderGSSmith/index.php
http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/stniklaas.htm
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20121121043310/http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/raf1944/5/smithgavin.html
*Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims 1939-1945.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.gelderlander.nl/regio/achterhoek/grote-belangstelling-voor-f-16-s-boven-barlo-1.4408796&prev=search
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 August 1944 | PD208 | 550 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wansford, Northamptonshire |  |
w/o |
| 7 March 1945 | PA995 | 550 Sqn RAF | 3 | Hoppenstedt, Bühne, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2016 16:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2020 07:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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