ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50490
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV365 |
| MSN: | UL-Z2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near De Kapelberg, Deurlechtsestraat, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 22:35 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a Ju 88 night fighter. The bomber crashed at Roosendaal where all who died rest in the town's general cemetery:
Fg Off E H Stansel RCAF (POW)
Sgt R W Ball (KIA)
Flt Sgt A W Cooper (KIA)
Flt Sgt H L Arrowsmith (POW)
Sgt G Webster (POW)
Sgt C Lister (KIA)
Sgt A L Green (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3692&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 232.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jun-2016 16:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2020 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 23:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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