ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50395
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ME785 |
| MSN: | AR-H2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wesepe, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Took off from RAF Binbrook at 23:05 hrs for a bombing operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from an airfield in Belgium; crashed near Wesepe in the province of Overijssel, coming down on the Raalte to Deventer road. All were taken to nearby Duur and laid to rest in Olst (Duur) General Cemetery on 16 June. Plt off Fry RAAF was an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants:
Plt Off A F Roche RAAF (KIA)
Sgt J B Ross (KIA)
Plt Off J R Fry RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt R T Hill RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt T E sage (KIA)
Flt Sgt M T Whittenbury RAAF (KIA)
Sgt G G Barker (KIA)
Sources:
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 276.
http://www.teunispats.nl/t3778.htm
http://www.militarian.com/threads/raaf-man-shot-down-over-holland.2252/
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3778&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 December 1943 | LM316 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 8 | Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg (close to the Machnower See) |  |
w/o |
| 23 October 1944 | PB351 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 6 | Houghton Hall, Norfolk |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Jun-2016 21:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 14:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2020 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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