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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 03:48 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND655 |
| MSN: | LE-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 70 km west of Callantsoog, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:38 hrs for an operation against Braunschweig in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Dietrich Schmidt/Feldwebel Kurt Schönfeld/Feldwebel Wilhelm Schlosser of the 8./NJG 1, who were scrambled from Deelen airfield at 02:34 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+AS. This was Schmidt's 26th credited victory.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Vivian William Brown RAAF Aus/414903 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Beattie Haig RAFVR 1822622 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Kenneth Arthur Sinclair RAAF Aus/415187 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Thomas William Connor RAFVR 1549439 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William John Saxby RAFVR 1091895 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Binnie RAFVR 1824919 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Irving Taylor RAAF Aus/434558 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND655
Google Maps
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 Part 3, p. 020.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2020 18:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-May-2023 04:55 | Anon. | Updated |
| 16-May-2024 08:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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