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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:04 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND985 |
| MSN: | UM-W2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zingem, Kruisem, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
| Aachen |
Take off at 23:52 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway station at Aachen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Karl Grosser of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield. This was Grosser's first victory.
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Sgt Ede was part of Trupp 2. He arrived at Bankau on 13 June 1944.
Crew:-
Pilot: 170269 Plt Off Robert Frederick Ayres - Courtrai (St Jean) Communal Cemetery Row BB Grave 21 (NCO:1312131 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 February, 1944)
Flight Engineer: 653929 Sgt Victor Basil Foy - Oudenaarde Communal Cemetery Grave 45.
Navigator: 1491396 Flt Sgt Denzil Norman Ede - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzberg Upper Silesia/Stalag Luft IIIa Luckenwalde/PoW Number 79.
Bomb Aimer: 152006 Fg Off Stuart Percival Barter - Courtrai (St Jean) Communal Cemetery Row BB Grave 20 (NCO:1322726 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 July, 1943)
Wireless Operator: 1586571 Sgt Walter Claude L Western - Evaded/In a MARATHON camp in the Ardennes when liberated by US forces on 8 September 1944.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1685744 Sgt Sylvester Hartley - Courtrai (St Jean) Communal Cemetery Row BB Grave 22.
Rear Gunner: 1336804 Sgt Charles Clifford Allen Gardner - Oudenaarde Communal Cemetery Grave 46.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND985
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 09:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 21-May-2023 22:05 | redsix | Updated |
| 27-May-2023 21:04 | redsix | Updated |
| 20-May-2024 12:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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