ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49530
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| Date: | Sunday 17 December 1944 |
| Time: | 22:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NG302 |
| MSN: | VN-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Postweg road at Lewedorp, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 16:12 hrs for a bombing operation against München in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by ack-ack of 76 AA Royal Artillery and crashed. It had probably made an early return and strayed well off track.
Pilot / F/O. L.W. Beer 179985 RAF / Schoonselhof Antwerpen cemetery (Belgium)
Flight Engineer / Sgt. A.J. Frisby 1527030 RAF / Schoonselhof Antwerpen cemetery (Belgium)
Navigator / Sgt. J. Capon 1684410 RAF Belgium / Schoonselhof Antwerpen cemetery (Belgium)
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. M.J. MacLeod R/176826 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. I.F. Macrae AUS428892 RAAF / Schoonselhof Antwerpen cemetery (Belgium)
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. W.H. Horton 2210688 RAF / Schoonselhof Antwerpen cemetery (Belgium)
Rear Gunner / Sgt. C.E. Dunlop 1891534 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4809&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=584
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 November 1943 | DV366 | 50 Sqn RAF | 7 | the Siegessäule (victory column), Berlin-Tiergarten |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jul-2009 10:54 | Anon. | Updated |
| 30-Jul-2021 18:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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