Lancaster DV289 Mk.I/III - Bombing Berlin Germany - 1943-11-27 to 1943-11-27
Squadron: 101 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-11-27
Completion Date: 1943-11-27
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Battle of Berlin
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Ludford Magna
Take Off Time: 17:24:00
Squadron Code: SR-T
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: near Heuchelheim, Giessen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Major Wilhelm Herget of Stab 1/NJG4
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101 Squadron (Mens Agitat Molem) RAF Ludford Magna. Lancaster III aircraft DV 289 SR-T was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Wilhelm Herget of Stab 1/NJG4 flying a Bf 110 during an operation against targets in Berlin. The bomber crashed near Heuchelheim, Giessen, Germany with the loss of 6 crewmen killed and 2 survivors taken as Prisoner of War.

Flight Sergeant Michael Joseph Kennedy (RCAF), Flight Sergeant James Gordon Bennett (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Francis George Tims Collins (RAFVR), Sergeant Herbert Feeney (RAFVR), Sergeant Ronald William Hodgson (RAFVR) and Sergeant Geoffrey North(RAFVR) were all killed in action

Sergeant Alexander McKeeman (RAFVR) and Flight Lieutenant George Lewis Spofford (RCAF) survived to be captured as Prisoners of War. Flight Lieutenant Spofford later died in captivity 1944-07-21 in unknown circumstances

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, 1943 Part 3 23 September - 31 December by Theo Boiten, page 88

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