ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50393
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA986 |
| MSN: | PH-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mastenbroeker polder, Mastenbroek, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Took off from RAF Wickenby at 23:01 hrs for a bombing operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe night fighter (possibly in the hands of Hauptmann Gerhard Keitel of the 2./NJG 3 operating a Bf 110 G-4); crashed in the Mastenbroeker polder at Mastenbroek (Overijssel), 8 km NW of Zwolle. All, it is reported from reliable Dutch sources, are buried in IJsselmuiden General Cemetery, but the names of Sgt Wallinger and Sgt Gribben are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Plt Off A Williams DFC (KIA)
Sgt H J Plant (KIA)
Fg Off D F W Keyte (KIA)
Sgt W Wallinger (KIA)
Sgt R C Barber (KIA)
Sgt T Gribben (KIA)
Sgt D Lloyd (KIA)
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 274.
http://www.teunispats.nl/t3770.htm
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3770&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 April 1943 | LM313 | 12 Sqn RAF | 7 | NW of Kritzmow, 5 km SW of Rostock, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
| 9 October 1943 | JB406 | 12 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Schwarmstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 31 March 1944 | ND562 | 12 Sqn RAF | 8 | north of Holzheim, Mechernich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Aug-2013 08:23 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2016 22:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2020 18:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2022 09:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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