ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200479
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:34 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV309 |
| MSN: | BQ-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schobbroek, Westerlo, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme |
| Duisburg |
Took off from RAF Killingholme at 22:35.
Claim by Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Stab IV/NJG1 as his 65th victory - 3km South East of Mol: 6,200m at 01:34.
(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)
Those who rest in Schoonselhof were initially buried in Fort 3 British Cemetery Antwerp.
Reinterred 21 December 1945.
Crew:-
Pilot: 175573 Flt Sgt Geoffrey William Hinde - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 17. (NCO:1387529 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 June, 1944)
Flight Engineer: 1852098 Sgt Thomas Leonard John Whittick - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 18.
Navigator: 1133959 Sgt David Hughes - Runnymede Memorial Panel 219.
Bomb Aimer: 1318198 Sgt Clifford Cyril Sharland - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 19.
Wireless Operator: 1575462 Sgt Desmond Roy Morgan Davies - Runnymede Memorial Panel 228.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1876460 Sgt William Arthur John Young - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 16.
Rear Gunner: 1587896 Sgt Ernest Cecil Beacham - Schoonselhof Cemetery Plot IVa Row E Grave 20.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV309
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/33974/Monument-Crash-Lancaster-Mk-I-DV309-BQ-S.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1945 | PD343 | 550 Sqn RAF | 26 | Italian Alps, Between Italy and the UK |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Oct-2017 09:19 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2020 20:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-May-2023 07:23 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
| 20-Jan-2024 15:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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