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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5516 |
| MSN: | KM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:30 hrs for an operation against the steel-producing town of Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed in the North Sea west of Egmond aan Zee.
There were no survivors.
Crew:-
Pilot:76009 Flt Lt Leslie Oscar Halls DFC - Runnymede Memorial Panel 65 (NCO:747807 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 December, 1939)
Flight Engineer:116488 Plt Off Roger Mortlock Ranson Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 29 B 7 (Washed up Callantsoog beach, pole 11/12 on 28 June) (NCO:1315617 Commission Gazetted : Thursday 23 April, 1942)
Navigator:1013747 Sgt John Alfred Bloomfield - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78
Bomb Aimer:1380961 Sgt Allan Blyth Croft - Runnymede Memorial Panel 80
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:777667 Sgt Abe Isador Gottlieb (South African) - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84
Air Gunner:1384447 Sgt Leslie Stanhope Melhado (Jamaican) Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 6. (Washed up at Schoorl on 12 July)
Air Gunner:1378215 Sgt Handel Jones - Texel (Den Burg) Plot K. Row 6. Grave 125. (Washed up south of De Slufter at De Cocksdorp on 9 June)
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1578&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/Man-Lanc%20serials%20page2.htm
3. http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/?p=365
4. http://www.cavillconnections.co.uk/44_A.html
5. CWGC
6. Google Maps
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Media:
06-Jun-1944, #Lancaster R5516 (44 Sqn) departed #Waddington and crashed (01:50) W of Egmond (Holland) into the North Sea (3 KIA / 4 MIA)
— Jan Nieuwenhuis (@AirWarWW2) June 6, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2014 18:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2014 18:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jun-2017 10:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Oct-2017 14:54 | w.bleumink | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2018 19:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-Apr-2020 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2024 14:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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