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| Date: | Thursday 2 March 1944 |
| Time: | 03:10 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND566 |
| MSN: | KM-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:17 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Emil Nonnenmacher of the 8./NJG 2, who had taken off from Twente airfield in the Netherlands in a Ju 88 C-6.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Clarence Oakley RAF 156059 [PoW] (NCO:1238528 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 October, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James McLeod Campbell RAFVR 1568628 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Cartlidge RAF 1578485 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Maurice Reavie Binns RCAF R/116988 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Kenneth Naylor RAF 1239060 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Maurice Bennet Dearling RAF 1307923 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Pratt DFM RAAF Aus/418173 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND566
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2020 21:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
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