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Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
Time: | 02:10 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | R5561 |
MSN: | QR- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Niederaußem, Bergheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 00:40 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by the 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 159 and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed Niederaussem 21 km WNW of Köln city centre.
The crew all rest at Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot:122398 Pilot Officer John Bennett Underwood - Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint grave 1. E. 19-20 (NCO:910545 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)
Pilot:41637 Pilot Officer Benson Usher RNZAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. E. 13.
Observer:1160536 Sergeant Anthony Williamson - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. E. 14.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:637104 Flight Sergeant Robert Gordon Fawkes - Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint grave 1. E. 17-18.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:86728 Flying Officer Peter Frederick Barlow Bluett - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. E. 16 (Commission Gazetted : Friday 23 August, 1940)
Air Gunner:J/15252 Pilot Officer John Douglas Patey RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. E. 15.
Air Gunner:R/59571 Flight Sergeant John Hamilton Charles RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint grave 1. E. 17-18.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Bexley Archives
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jan-2018 19:36 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
29-Jun-2018 09:34 |
ehren69 |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
03-Nov-2018 09:20 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
28-Oct-2019 14:39 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
01-Nov-2019 19:51 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
20-Apr-2020 20:33 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
21-May-2024 17:15 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Narrative] |