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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND955 |
| MSN: | LS-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kerkweg - Heiveldsestraat roads, Someren, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 00:03 hrs for a bombing operation against Aachen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Strüning & Oberleutnant Apel of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 23:20 hrs, in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+EL.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William Dennett McKay RAAF Aus/422255 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Dermott Frederick Arthur Peach RAFVR 1872747 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Jack Turner RAFVR 152492 (NCO:1520791 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 September, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant William Charles Chandler RAAF Aus/408476 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Kenneth Douglas Goddard RAFVR 139402 (NCO:977332 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 March, 1943) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert John Hughes RAFVR 2209477 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick Daniel Maddock RCAF R/146775 [Killed]
All lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214) except Flight sergeant Maddock who rests at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.797934 / 5.930606)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=ND955&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Sep-2020 17:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2024 10:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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