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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:39 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV360 |
| MSN: | EM-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Großhau, Hürtgenwald, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:23 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+FL flown by Hauptmann Strüning & Oberleutnant Fritz-Konrad Apel of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield (the Netherlands) at around 00:40 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur Goodman RAFVR 176436 (NCO:1392735 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 June, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Dawson Holland Pierce RAFVR 1496522 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Joseph Pickett Shaw RAFVR 1578357 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Denis Arthur Houben RAFVR 1321888 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant David Kenneth McDonnell RAAF Aus/418972 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Lackie RAFVR 1820269 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric Vincent Evans RAFVR 710241 [Killed]
The crew of seven rests in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV360
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 18:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-Feb-2025 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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