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| Date: | Thursday 2 November 1944 |
| Time: | 14:17 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HK612 |
| MSN: | LS-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near 'Heuvel' at Veghel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
| Homberg |
Take off from RAF Mildenhall at 11:03 hrs
Mid-air collision with another squadron aircraft (Lancaster PB115 LS-W) at 20,000ft . Both aircraft crashed near Erp (Noord-Brabant).
Flt Lt Earley awarded MiD. Gazetted 10 July 1945
Awarded DFM whilst with 101 Squadron. Gazetted 11 August 1942.
Fg Off Campbell awarded DFC whilst with 106 Squadron. Gazette 14 September 1943.
Crew
Pilot: 134761 Flt Lt Bernard Earley DFM MiD - Erp Roman Catholic Cemtery Grave 2.
Flight Engineer: 187079 Plt Off Alfred Abraham Markovitch - Erp Roman Catholic Cemtery Grave 1.
Navigator: 145182 Fg Off James Easdale Campbell DFC - Erp Roman Catholic Cemtery Grave 8.
Bomb Aimer: 186658 Plt Off Geoffrey William Lilley - Erp Roman Catholic Cemtery Grave 6.
Wireless Operator: 156827 Fg Off Frederick John Frearson - Erp Roman Catholic Cemtery Grave 4.
Air Gunner: 1384599 WO George William Morris - Erp Roman Catholic Cemtery Grave 7.
Air Gunner: 1863504 Flt Sgt Peter Woollard - Erp Roman Catholic Cemtery Grave 3.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4614&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Oct-2019 17:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2022 18:01 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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