Martin "Tino" Becker claims 22 March 1944

[FrankieS]

We know more now about ND672. Crashplace was not Beckum but (very near to Beckum) Keitlinghausen (today belonging to Oelde).

22.03.1944 Lancaster ND672
D-59302 Oelde-Keitlinghausen, Germany
ID EA-F/U
ND672 was one of two No.49 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation to Frankfurt.Airborne 1911 22Mar44 from Fiskerton.
Crash location: Keitlinghausen, 59302 Oelde, Germany [23km SW of Gutersloh]
Attacked by nightfighter, explosion in air, jettisoned bombs exploding on ground, ND672 caught fire and dived steeply into ground.
Main body of a/c just north of Beckum/Stromberg road. Tail & rear turret with R/G body 300m S on S side of road.
A/c burnt for 24 hrs A/C completely smashed and deeply embedded in ground. 5ft into a ploughed field. Russian PoWs used during salvage.
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