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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 03:10 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND908 |
| MSN: | AA-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
| Aachen |
Take off at 00:48 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway station at Aachen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Otto Keller of the 9./NJG 5, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Laon-Athies airfield in France. This was his 9th credited victory.
Crew:-
Plt Off Marvin awarded DFC whilst with 75 Squadron. Gazetted 21 December 1945.
Pilot: NZ/414971 Flt Lt Spencer Francis Fauvel RNZAF - Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Plot E Collective Grave
473-474.
2nd Pilot: NZ/42990 Fg Off Francis Henry Clark Lukey RNZAF - Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Plot E Collective Grave 473-474.
Flight Engineer: 1288144 Sgt Kenneth Clinch - Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Plot E Collective Grave 473-474.
Navigator: 144607 Fg Off Frederick William Clare - Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Plot E Collective Grave 473-474 (NCO:1396568 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 July, 1943)
Bomb Aimer: 176576 Flt Sgt Maurice Isidore Joseph Fitzgerald - Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Plot E Collective Grave 473-474 (NCO:1589106 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 July, 1944)
Wireless Operator: 176037 Plt Off Douglas William James Marvin DFC - Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Plot E Collective Grave 473-474 (NCO:1576144 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 June, 1944)
Mid upper Gunner: NZ/421272 Flt Sgt Kenneth Wilfred Gower RNZAF - Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Plot E Collective Grave 473-474.
Rear Gunner: NZ/421307 Flt Sgt James Rooker Mason RNZAF - Wevelgem Communal Cemetery Plot E Collective Grave 473-474.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/fauvel-spencer-francis.html
Google Maps
CWGC
London Gazette
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 18:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Jan-2021 11:02 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 04-Nov-2022 22:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 27-May-2023 21:13 | redsix | Updated |
| 20-May-2024 11:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-May-2024 11:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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