ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50247
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:20 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM658 |
| MSN: | HW-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bergentheim, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Took off from RAF Grimsby at 21:45 hrs for a bombing operation against Braunschweig in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Robert Koch of the 6./NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen airfield in Bf 110 G-4 G9+MP; crashed between Bergentheim in the Dutch province of Overijssel and Hardenberg where those who died in the crash are buried in the town's Protestant Cemetery. Tragically for Plt Off Hood, fell into the hands of the Gestapo and now rests in Almelo General Cemetery, his date of death being shown as 21 March 1945. At 35, Plt off Ramsden was above the age associated normally with Bomber Command aircrew:
Flt lt H Paston-Williams (Evaded)
Flt Lt C Holland (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt J A Downie (Evaded)
PLt Off G Hood (Evaded/Later captured and murdered by Gestapo)
Plt Off B Ramsden (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt L R Watts (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt R S Williams (Killed on Active Service)
Fg Off B A David RCAF (PoW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 378.
http://www.lancaster-lm658.co.uk/the-hood-story/#.V3Q1SNVriUk
http://www.winchestercollegeatwar.com/archive/holland-christopher/
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3925&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1944 | ND328 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sint-Martens-Voeren, Voeren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | PB172 | 100 Sqn RAF | 6 | Oberweier, Gaggenau, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 05:33 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2016 21:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2017 09:31 | Laurie | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Mar-2021 15:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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