ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50480
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:37 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND956 |
| MSN: | AS-I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Peursum (Giessenburg) - Goudriaan, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
Takeoff at 22:35 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Henseler of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield (at an altitude of 6,000 meters/18,000 feet).
The bomber came down near Peursum-Goudriaan, Polder Zuidzijde (Southside Polder), Giessenlanden, East of Rotterdam, in the Province of Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
Five the seven crew were KIA, two were taken PoW:
Flt Sgt T.G.Franklin - Pilot - KIA, buried Goudriaan
Sgt. J. F. Tomney - Flight Engineer - POW (nr.63) - Stalag Luft VII Bankau
Sgt. B.F. Bird - Navigator - POW (nr.3) - Stalag Luft XVIII-A Wolfsberg, in Austria (later in Stalag Luft VII Bankau, in todays Poland)
Flt. Sgt. S. D. Spencer - Air Bomber - KIA, buried Goudriaan
Sgt. J. Kiltie - Wireless Op. - KIA, buried Goudriaan
Flt. Sgt. A. A. Anderson - Mid Upper Gunner - KIA, buried Goudriaan
Sgt. J. Moffatt - Rear Gunner - KIA, buried Goudriaan
The human remains of the five crew KIA are buried in one collective grave in the General Cemetery at Goudriaan; there is erected a commemorative stone in between the 4 grave markers of the CWGC
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
2. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dswallow4/NetherlandCrashes.htm
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
4. He 219 book by Francis Ferguson (2020)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2014 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2014 20:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2020 18:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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