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Date: | Monday 17 May 1943 |
Time: | 02:36 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED937 |
MSN: | AJ-Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Osterholtweg, Klein-Netterden, Emmerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Scampton (takeoff at 21:59 hrs) |
Destination airport: | RAF Scampton |
Narrative:AJ-Z was the second Lancaster to attack the Eder Dam but for some reason the Upkeep “bouncing bomb” was released too late and hit the top of the dam, detonating under the aircraft. Although undoubtedly damaged by this, Maudslay and the crew limped towards home but flew off course near the Dutch border flying over an oil installation on the banks of the Rhine, which was defended by anti-aircraft guns. They were hit by 20 mm light Flak of the Heimat-Flak-Abteilung Emmerich.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Henry Eric Maudslay DFC RAFVR 62275 (NCO:920288 : Commission Gazetted Friday 11 April, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Marriott DFM RAFVR 1003474 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Michael John David Fuller RAFVR 143760 (NCO:1151389 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 June, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Robert Alexander Urquhart DFC RCAF J/9763 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Alden Preston Cottam RCAF R/93558 [Killed]
Front Gunner : Flying Officer William John Tytherleigh DFC RAFVR 120851 (NCO:923074 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 May, 1942) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Norman Rupert Burrows RAFVR 1503094 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.netterden.net/index.php?page=lancaster https://dambustersblog.com/category/aj-z-memorial-emmerich/ Google Maps
Aircrew Remembered
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Mar-2009 23:34 |
VH-KDK |
Added |
01-May-2010 23:07 |
angels one five |
Updated [Narrative] |
16-Feb-2012 00:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
16-May-2018 07:11 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
09-Oct-2018 17:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
16-May-2023 06:36 |
TigerTimon |
Updated |
14-May-2024 06:52 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |