ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50557
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 463 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | LL892 |
| MSN: | JO-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kerkelaan/Hoofdstraat, Nieuwolda, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Waddington (EGXW) |
Takeoff at 22:50 hrs for an operation to Braunschweig in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was hit by light Flak of the 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845 (v) and crashed. The seven crew members rest at Nieuwolda cemetery:
Pilot / F/O. C.C. Schomberg 413798 RAAF / grave 1 S 16-17
Flight Engineer / Sgt. H. Steels 1048665 RAF / grave 1 S 16-17
Navigator / F/Lt. H.Th. Petts DFC 157326 RAF / grave 1 S 16-17
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. J.L. Harden 1336781 RAF / grave 1 S 16-17
Wireless Operator / F/Sgt. W.S. Millar 1487423 RAF / grave 1 S 16-17
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. D.J. McDonald 426372 RAAF / grave 1 S 16-17
Air Gunner / F/O. L.J. Calderwood 426531 RAAF / grave 1 S 16-17
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3617&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jun-2009 09:14 | w.bleumink | Updated |
| 26-Dec-2011 08:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-Apr-2020 11:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2020 11:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2020 17:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 10:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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