ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49122
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Consolidated Liberator Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 223 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | TS520 |
| MSN: | 6G-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dornheim, Schmallenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oulton, Norfolk, UK |
Took off at 22:36 hrs for an RCM (Radio Counter Measures) mission in the direction of Hannover, Niedersachsen.
Aircraft was dropping "chaff" and "window" to jam enemy radar. Last contact with TS520 was in the Dortmund area.
Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SE of Dortmund. It is assumed that those killed were recovered by an American Graves Investigation Unit as they were next buried at Margraten (the Netherlands) in a US Military Cemetery. Their graves are now located at Venray War Cemetery.
Pilot F/O. J.W. Thompson J/38084 RCAF KIA / Venray War Cemetery
Second Pilot F/Sgt. J.H. Kendall 21 1567340 RAF KIA / Venray War Cemetery
Flight Engineer F/Sgt. R. Wynn 23 1322384 RAF KIA / Venray War Cemetery
Navigator F/O. R.W. Johnson 154183 RAF POW -
Special Operator W/O. L.A. Palmer 553721 RAF POW -
Special Operator W/O. W.F. Baker 1380073 RAF POW -
Wireless Operator F/Sgt. D. Bryant 22 1317321 RAF KIA / Venray War Cemetery
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner F/Sgt. R.M. Wood R/176382 RCAF KIA / Venray War Cemetery
Air Gunner F/Sgt. G.R. Graham 2213704 RAF POW -
Air Gunner F/Sgt. B. Maxwell R/191140 RCAF POW -
Air Gunner Sgt. E.E. Whittaker 21 2201893 RAF KIA / Venray War Cemetery
F/O R.W.Johnson, W/O R.A.Palmer, W/O W.F.Baker, F/S B.Maxwell, and F/S G.R.Graham were confined in Hospital until Liberation in May 1945
Sources:
Royal Air Force Aircraft SL100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1985)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5264E
http://www.rafb24.com/index.php/the-liberator/b24-serials/4529-ts520
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-May-2013 06:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2013 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 24-Aug-2016 18:38 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 25-Jun-2022 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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