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| Date: | Sunday 5 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn |
| Registration: | NF916 |
| MSN: | LS-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Halfershof in Kreis Solingen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
| Solingen |
Took off from RAF Mildenhall at 09:55.
Other crews on the same mission reported seeing the aircraft disintegrate in mid air and
that no chutes were seen to open
A later report from a Missing Research & Enquiry Team stated “the aircraft crashed in
the afternoon of 5 November 1944 at Halfershof in Kreis Solingen, Germany
Crew
Pilot: A/424147 Flt Lt Hugh Orme Cato RAAF - Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 6 Row E Grave 4.
Flight Engineer: 1443135 WO Harry Hounsome MiD - Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 6 Row E Grave 7.
Navigator: A/419688 Plt Off David Thomas Lee RAAF - Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 6 Row E
Collective Grave 5-6.
Bomb Aimer: 1610620 Flt Sgt Terence Jack Priddle - Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 6 Row E Grave 8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: A/424409 Flt Sgt John Donald Hance RAAF - Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 6 Row E Collective Grave 5-6.
Mid Upper Gunner: 2209802 Sgt Kenneth Frederick Knox - Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 6 Row E Collective Grave 5-6.
Rear Gunner: 1592158 Sgt William Henderson - Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 6 Row E Grave 9.
Sources:
15 Squadron RAAF WWII Fatalities - Alan Storr
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/cato-hugh-orme-424147/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2024 11:29 | Anon. | Added |
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