ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204016
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:54 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5562 |
| MSN: | QR-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:05 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 9./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands - Bienen near Emmerich (4C) at 01:54; crashed at Rees 19km NW of Wesel.
The crew were initially buried in the Nordfriedhof Dusseldorf. After hostilities they were reinterred in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot:J/5794 Plt Off Elwood Raymond Seibold RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 15.
Pilot:R/62668 Flt Sgt Albert Winston Armstrong RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 17.
Flight Engineer:J/40352 Sgt W C Howell RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 420.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:941653 Flt Sgt John Lauson Tarran - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. F. 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1063602 Sgt William Simons - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 16.
Air Gunner:649748 Sgt Gerald Glassbrook - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. E. 18.
Air Gunner:1270444 Sgt Frederick John Lawrence Hanson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. B. 8.
Sources:
Nachtjagd War Cemetery Volume 1
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5562
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 March 1944 | JB129 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rimbeck, Warburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 6 December 1944 | ME725 | 61 Sqn RAF | 2 | Ilschhausen, Ebsdorfergrund, Hessen | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2018 14:01 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Jun-2019 19:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Country] |
| 27-Jan-2020 17:47 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location] |
| 04-Feb-2020 11:09 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2020 17:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 24-Apr-2020 17:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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