ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243494
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:24 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND624 |
| MSN: | PM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sistig, Kall, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
| Aachen Railway Yards |
Take off at 23:56 hrs for a bombing operation against the Westbahnhof railway station at Aachen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Josef Kraft of the 7./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Hagenau airfield in modern France. This was Kraft's second victory of the night and his 23rd victory, overall.
The crew were initially buried in a mass grave 305-311 in Sistig Cemetery.
Reinterred 24 July 1947.
Crew
Pilot: J/87587 Plt Off Donald Elgin Tate RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row D Grave 25.
Flight Engineer: 1821083 Sgt William McCulloch - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 14 Row E Grave 24
Navigator: 1320247 Flt Sgt Joseph Williams - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 14 Row E Grave 25.
Bomb Aimer: Flt Sgt Edward 1491264 Hilary Calvert - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 14 Row E Grave 23.
Wireless Operator: 1316138 Sgt David John Jones - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 14 Row E Grave 22.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1567476 Sgt Robert Holmes - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 14 Row E Grave 20
Rear Gunner: 1591092 Sgt William David Kirton - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 14 Row E Grave 21.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 25.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND624
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1943 | W4335 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Noorderhagen Enschede, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 3 August 1943 | ED645 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Hanstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | LM343 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | vicinity of Cherbourg (presumably) |  |
w/o |
| 18 August 1944 | PB363 | 103 Sqn RAF | 3 | Le Nieppe, Ruisscheure; département du Nord (target area) | |
w/o |
| 29 November 1944 | PB465 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | Near Cologne | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2020 18:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-May-2022 19:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2023 21:01 | redsix | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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