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| Date: | Friday 12 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:04 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND580 |
| MSN: | LE-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 100-130 km west of Den Haag (Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands) -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
| Bourg-Leopold Military Camp |
Take off at 22:20 hrs for an operation to military infrastructure at Leopoldsburg in Belgium.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Unteroffizier Schneider of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in He 219 A-0 G9+GK.
Sea 100-130km West of the Hague (HF Blindschieiche): 4,000m at 01:04.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Alfred Thomas Jackson RAFVR 172175 (NCO:904877 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 March, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harold Edgar Frank Owen RAFVR 1664252 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Denis Walter Muddiman RAFVR 1576768 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Joseph Feldman RCAF J/22629 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Richard Matthew Cartlidge RAFVR 1478946 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur William Seago RAFVR 1593067 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Albert Louis RAFVR 1892195 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND580
Google Maps
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 11:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-May-2024 07:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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