Lancaster loss ND672 22/23 March 1944

[FrankieS]

Hi !
Does anybody have more info on the Lancaster detailed below
(data taken from the excellent www.lostbombers.co.uk site):

My question: Which of the four german 'Beckum' was the
true crash site? Where there was the exact
crash place?

Also any other new details appreciated.

THANK YOU !!!
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Type
Lancaster
Serial Number
ND672
Squadron
49
X1D
EA-U
Operation
Frankfurt
Date 1
22nd March 1944
Date 2
23rd March 1944


"Serial range ND324 - NE181 This aircraft was one of 600 Lancaster Mk.111s ordered from A.v.roe
(chadderton) and delivered from Dec43 to May44 with Merlin 38 engines. ND672 was delivered to No.49
Squadron ex-32MU Mar44. Carried the IDs EA-F/U ND672 was one of two No.49 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this
operation. See ND536. ND672 took part in the Key Raid on Stuttgart 15/16Mar44. When lost, this aircraft had a
total of 17 hours. Airborne 1911 22Mar44 from Fiskerton. Cause of loss not established. Crashed at Beckum,
from where funeral services for those killed were reported. They have been subsequently re-interred in the
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery alongside their Squadron comrades from ND536. F/O D.G.Turner KIA Sgt
E.Lee KIA Sgt S.J.Upton KIA F/O W.Pearce KIA Sgt L.H.Nightingale KIA Sgt P.D.Velasco PoW Sgt
J.N.E.Bennett RCAF KIA F/O Turner and three of this crew had survived an 'accidental' ditching 22/23Nov43.
See: JB229. Sgt P.D.Velasco was interned in Camp L1. No PoW No. "