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| Date: | Thursday 11 May 1944 |
| Time: | 23:57 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | LL792 |
| MSN: | PO-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beverlo, Beringen, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:25 hrs for an operation to military infrastructure at Leopoldsburg in Limburg.
While on its bombing-run, the aircraft was shot down by Oberleutnant Lau, Unteroffizier Backhaus & Gefreiter Reinecke of the 4./NJG 1, who had taken off at 23.20 hrs from Deelen airfield (NL) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+IM.
Crew:-
Pilot : Group Captain John Raeburn Balmer DFC OBE RAAF Aus/68 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer John Francis Ward RAF 171453 (NCO:658933 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 March, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Albert Roy Barber RAFVR 1458414 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Peter John Hammond RAAF Aus/414400 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Leslie Thomas Watson RAFVR 173304 (NCO:1312234 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 April, 1944) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Connelly RAFVR 1370843 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Walter Roy "Juggo" Hare DFC RAFVR 132390 (NCO:1181169 : Commission Gazetted Friday 18 December, 1942) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Albert Stevens RAFVR 1472482 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL792
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Flugbuch Lau
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 10:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Nov-2022 20:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 10-May-2024 07:24 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-May-2024 11:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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