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Date: | Saturday 3 February 1945 |
Time: | 19:55 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB569 |
MSN: | HW-Y |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Broekhuizenvorst, Limburg -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Destination airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Narrative:Missing on mission to Bottrop.
Took off from RAF Grimsby at 1605 hrs to bomb the Prosper Benzol works Bottrop.
Intercepted by Hauptmann Heinz Rökker of the 2./NJG 2, flying Ju 88 G-6 4R+CK from Twente airfield. Fired upon with a single burst of Schräge Musik.
Those who died were buried near Venray on 16 February, since when their remains have been taken to Mierlo War Cemetery. The men were initially buried at St. Oda Monastery, Venray:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Robin Ordell RAAF Aus/422251 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles Scurr RAFVR 1077176 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Ian Ronald Osborne RAAF Aus/424538 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer John Gordon Treatt Killen RAAF Aus/421913 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Keith Kevin Reynolds RAAF Aus/424306 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Raymond Kevin McKaskill RAAF Aus/431183 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant J Harper RAF [PoW]
Sources:
SGLO database -
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5186 Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://aircrewremembered.com/ordell-robin.html Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 66
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
28-Aug-2013 01:28 |
JINX |
Updated [Date, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
03-Jun-2015 07:47 |
AlLah |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
24-May-2016 16:44 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2018 16:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
13-Jun-2022 10:23 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
23-Jun-2022 13:06 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Date, Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
03-Feb-2024 08:09 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |