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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NN696 |
| MSN: | DX-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Ferger of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4.
Crerw:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ronald Alfred William Beaumont DFC RAFVR 162506 (NCO:1421490 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 January, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Maurice Arthur Clark RAF 573413 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Denis Joseph McCrudden RAFVR 54776 (NCO:619704 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 July, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Mayne RCAF J/88558 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer Charles Henry Thomas Hurley RAFVR 1294364 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Ronald Ansdell RAFVR 1458450 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Edward Henry Goehring RCAF R/163651 [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinburg War Cemetery except F/Sgt Clark and W/O Hurley who are noted at Runnymede.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NN696
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 17:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Apr-2024 13:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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