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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:13 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME732 |
| MSN: | QR-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hofkampstraat, Almelo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe |
Takeoff at 18:46 hrs for a bombing operation against the Dortmund-Ems canal near Ladbergen (Germany).
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Dortmund-Brackel airfield in Germany.
Six crew members died in the crash. One survived with severe burns. A school and some houses were destroyed. Six civilians on the ground died as well.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Donald Edward Ross Stone RAFVR 152068 (NCO:1324132 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 August, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Norman Frederick Aldred RAFVR 183600 (NCO:1322752 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 October, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick Arthur Scales RAFVR 1629785 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Ernest Hill RAFVR 1436352 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Stirling Burns RCAF J/22423 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Phillip Marcus Matthews RAFVR 1204048 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Frank (Teddy) Ravenhill RAFVR 1399220 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Roy Fellows RAFVR 1818897 [Evaded]
All six casualties lie at the Almelo General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.351679 / 6.645419)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4291&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991
https://www.indebuurt.nl/almelo/genieten-van/toen-in/toen-in-almelo-12-doden-bij-vliegtuigcrash-hofkampstraat~75845/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 06:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, ] |
| 24-Sep-2020 11:42 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Sep-2020 11:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 09-Mar-2021 20:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Oct-2025 16:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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