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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 03:17 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND925 |
| MSN: | PM-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eggewaartskapelle, Furnes -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:43 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway station at Aachen in Germany.
Sustained friendly fire over Aachen, when a higher-flying Lancaster dropped ordonnance onto them.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4, who had taken off from Florennes airfield and had also sustained damage from flak. This was Herget's 65th victory.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Thomas Gordon Leggett RAFVR 117474 (NCO:1313113 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 March, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Austin Edwards RAFVR 1652947 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Raymond Henry Beer RAFVR 151422 (NCO:1419264 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Arthur Alexander Wilks RAFVR 148331 (NCO:656839 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 September, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Lawrence Ireland RAAF Aus/421221 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Philip Charles Gore RAF 158125 (NCO:1177222 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 November, 1943) [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Albert Victor Morgan Jones RAFVR 149560 (NCO:1806642 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 September, 1943) [Killed]
All lie in the Eggewaartskapelle Churchyard, Belgium (51.050120 / 2.721772), except Flying Officer Jones who rests in the Coxyde Military Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND925
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Family member took this, probably in the 50's before the CWWG stones were erected.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 18:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 27-May-2023 21:16 | redsix | Updated |
| 20-May-2024 11:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2024 07:19 | Taff Simon | Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 22-Jan-2025 09:10 | FDC | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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