ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50441
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM459 |
| MSN: | SR-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oudelandsedijk 433, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, UK |
Mission - bombing operation against the military camp at Leopoldsburg, Belgium.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow and his regular Funker Uffz. Schneider who were scrambled from Venlo at 02:08 hrs in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+EK of 2./NJG 1. This was Modrow's 16th victory.
All eight rest in the local cemetery of Sommelsdijk:
Pilot / P/O. T.A. Allen 170268 RAF / grave 29-32
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J.E. Benson 627862 RAF / grave 29-32
Navigator / W/O. II J. Friedt R/158288 RCAF / grave 29-32
Bomb Aimer / F/O. R.J. Newens 152717 RAF / grave 29-32
Special Operator / F/Sgt. J.O. Harris AUS434251 RAAF / grave 29-32
Wireless Operator / Sgt. K.J. Power 1579586 RAF / grave 29-32
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. G. Reid 3020819 RAF / grave 29-32
Rear Gunner / Sgt. R.J. Evans 1386058 RAF / grave 29-32
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3730&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | ED373 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea 1 km west of Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland | |
mis |
| 20 February 1944 | DV267 | 101 Sqn RAF | 3 | Boerakker, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 09:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 14:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport] |
| 02-Oct-2020 12:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2023 20:54 | redsix | Updated [[Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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