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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM156 |
| MSN: | LS-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gelsenkirchen-Hassel, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:12 hrs for a bombing operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Unteroffizier Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying He 219 A-0 G9+AH from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Simon Phillips RNZAF NZ/415223 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant P F G Pearsall RAFVR 1892105 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer James Albert Simcox RAFVR 169451 (NCO:1425020 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 March, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Raymond Howard Wilton RAFVR 143921 (NCO:1324244 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 July, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Horace Dawson Scott RAFVR 1323101 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Leonard Glanfield RAAF Aus/430026 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Sydney Ernest Gough RAAF Aus/423712 [Killed]
All rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM156
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2020 19:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-May-2024 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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