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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:43 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 635 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND819 |
| MSN: | F2-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boscheind 133, Luyksgestel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Took off from RAF Downham Market at 22:49 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg in Germany.
A double claim occurred at 01.41-43 hrs, when Hauptmann Modrow and his Bordfunker Unteroffizier Schneider (in He 219 A-0 G9+EK of 2./NJG 1) and Leutnant Schäfer in a Ju 88 of 7./NJG 2 both claimed a Lancaster shot down 15-20 km SSW/SW of Eindhoven. This Lancaster concerns ND819.
The bomber crashed at Luyksgestel (Noord-Brabant) near the Dutch/Belguim border 12 km SW of Valkenswaard. Sgt Rowlands rests in Neederweert War Cemetery; three are buried at Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, while WO Mould is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Flt Sgt Tweedy had served with 76 Squadron, details of his DFM having been published on 14 September 1943; he had flown with a Norwegian, Lt E Sandberg:
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer James Alexander Porter RAF 1074969 [PoW] Camp L
7, PoW No.278.
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Philip Tweedy DFM RAF 985105
Navigator : Sergeant Ernest Jones Rowlands RAFVR 1515893 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Marshall Brian Rumbles RAFVR 1393799 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Lewis John Making RAFVR 1575592 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Warrant Officer Alan Arthur Jepson RCAF R/167555 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 March, 1945) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Geoffrey Arthur Douglas Mould RAFVR 1382104 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3694&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second world War 1944 Page 233.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2016 16:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2020 18:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2024 07:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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