ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49656
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| Date: | Thursday 16 November 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NG238 |
| MSN: | CF-E2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rütger-von-Scheven-Straße, Düren, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern |
| RAF Kelstern |
Takeoff at 12:58 hrs for an operation to Düren.
The entire crew perished and is buried at the Venray War Cemetery (Limburg, the Netherlands):
Pilot F/O. J.R. Copland 426165 RNzAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Flight Engineer Sgt. D.G. Bayliss 1622664 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Navigator F/Sgt. K. Martin 1514078 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. J.M. Taylor 1419271 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. G.A. Levings 1606948 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Air Gunner Sgt. K. Sawkins 1318133 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Air Gunner Sgt. H. Sapsed 1897020 RAF / grave 5 C 4
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4672&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft NA100 - NZ999, published 1992
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft PA100 - RZ999, published 1992
Lost Bombers
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2009 21:22 | Anon. | Updated |
| 06-Sep-2011 07:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2019 10:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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