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| Date: | Friday 12 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:27 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL752 |
| MSN: | LS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brouwersstraat, Leuven, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 22:36 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Leuven.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot: 169719 Flt Lt Alan Amies - Leuven Communal Cemetery Row B Grave 3 (NCO:1330493 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 February, 1944)
2nd Pilot: 570004 Flt Sgt Ernest Thomas Jones - Leuven Communal Cemetery Row A Grave 1.
Flight Engineer: 1768206 Sgt Donald Jack Wilson (South Africa) - Leuven Communal Cemetery Row A Grave 3.
Navigator: A/426245 Flt Sgt Reginald Kenneth Watson RAAF - Leuven Communal Cemetery Row A Grave 2.
Bomb Aimer: R/152808 Flt Sgt Gavin John Cronk RCAF - Leuven Communal Cemetery Row B Grave 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1602984 Sgt Herbert Samuel Baker - Leuven Communal Cemetery Row A Grave 4.
Air Gunner: R/250965 Sgt John Whittaker RCAF - Leuven Communal Cemetery Row B Grave 5.
Air Gunner: 1894992 Sgt John Desmond Cairns - Leuven Communal Cemetery Row B Grave 4.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-te-leuven
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL752
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 11:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Aug-2022 17:15 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2022 23:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 10-May-2024 07:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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