ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50398
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM465 |
| MSN: | LS-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tienray, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Took off from RAF Mildenhall at 23:15 hrs for a bombing operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Gustav Sarzio of the 6./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield; crashing 2 km SW of Meerlo in the Dutch Province of Limburg. All who died taken to Venlo., since when their remains have been reinterred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery:
Plt off C S Thompson RCAF (KIA)
Sgt M B Pelham (KIA)
WO2 R McMillan RCAF (KIA_
Flt Sgt R G Lemky RCAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt J M Trend (Evaded)
Sgt T E Stubbs (KIA)
Sgt R S Mobbs (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3771&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 274.
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/22050/Memorial-Lancaster-LM465--LS-U.htm
http://www.screamingeagles.nl/Meerlo1.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 03:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2016 21:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2020 17:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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