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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:56 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL652 |
| MSN: | JI-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ophasselt, Geraardsbergen, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
| Aachen |
Take off at 00:31 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway station at Aachen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hptm. Hans-Karl Kamp, Fw. Franz Stein & Uffz. Willem Rürup of the Stab III./NJG 4, who were flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Juvincourt airfield in France
Crew:-
Pilot: A/425812 Flt Lt Lloyd Charles Alexander Taylor RAAF - Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery Collective Grave
13-14.
Flight Engineer: 568729 Sgt Alan Roderick - Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery Collective Grave 13-14.
Navigator: 1483346 Sgt James Frederick Vincent - Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery Collective Grave 13-14.
Bomb Aimer: A/426706 Flt Sgt Cecil Keith Thomas RAAF - Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery Collective Grave 13-14.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: A/422083 Plt Off Stanley William Newman RAAF - Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery Collective Grave 13-14.
Mid Upper Gunner: 158285 Fg Off Frederick Brearley Hill - Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery Grave 12 (NCO:1603290 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 November, 1943)
Rear Gunner: 2210653 Sgt Richard Gill - Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery Grave 11.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three page 28.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL652
Google Maps
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 18:11 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 09:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 27-May-2023 21:00 | redsix | Updated |
| 28-May-2023 05:46 | Anon. | Updated |
| 20-May-2024 12:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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