ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159053
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:38 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA997 |
| MSN: | UL-D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhade, Dorsten, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 22:53 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Herbert Püchner of the 6./NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen airfield (the Netherlands) at around 01:00 hrs in a Bf 110 G-4; crashed at Rhade, a town 9 km NNW from the centre of Dorsten, where those who died were first buried. It is likely that the Lancaster began to break up in the air as Flt Jefferson's body was found E of Dorsten at Hervest> Their remains now lie in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Plt Off A L Puttock (KIA)
Flt Sgt L R S Templeton (POW)Camp 357
Flt Sgt T Jefferson (KIA)
Flt Sgt J Brown (KIA)
Flt Sgt D W G Warr (POW)Camp L7
Flt Sgt H E Lillicrap (KIA)
Flt sgt K D Blyth (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World 1944 Page 288.
https://www.facebook.com/hottonwarcemetery/photos/?tab=album&album_id=710573339043307
http://scarletboy44.tumblr.com/post/53200990008/remember-pilot-officer-alec-stevens-served-as
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PA997
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 10:55 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Dec-2014 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:02 | Cliford | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2016 18:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2020 10:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2020 10:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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