ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232329
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:36 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | ME622 |
| MSN: | LQ-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kayh, Herrenberg, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:31 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was attacked twice in quick succession, by Unteroffizier Heinz Amsberg of the 7./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+GR from Laon-Athies airfield in France) and by Leutnant Willi Trabert of the 9./JG 300 (flying a Bf 109G from Wiesbaden-Erbenheim airfield in Hessen).
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Allan Blake Fyfe RCAF J/10954 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Bernard Edwin Galbraith RCAF C/85188 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Daniel Branch Quayle RCAF J/14188 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Howard Burton Searles RCAF R/115322 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer James Henry Dempsey RAFVR 170294 (NCO:1049636 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 February, 1944) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Kenneth Arthur Cole RCAF J/27923 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Walter Snelson Edwards RCAF J/23984 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME622
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 16:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Jan-2020 08:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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