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Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
Hello all,
have anybody information regarding the crash side of this Lancaster? thanks for your help. regards Klaus Flugzeugtyp: Lancaster III Flugzeugkennung: # EE135, PO-Y Pilot: P/O Arthur Long RAAF Navigator: Einheit: 467 Squadron Datum: 23/24.09.1943 Uhrzeit: unbekannt Angriffsziel: Operation Mannheim Absturzursache: Abschuss vermutlich durch deutschen Nachtjäger OLt. Martin Becker, I./NJG6 Absturzort: ? Status: 7 KIA Heimatflughafen: unbekannt |
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
First burial Cemetery Altlussheim
Last edited by Uwe Benkel; 1st January 2021 at 19:07. |
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
Hello Klaus,
Here's the entry in the NJWD 2nd edition: Ofw. Kurt Grieneisen: 1 5./JG300 Lancaster over Mannheim: 5.900 m. 23.20 prob. 467 Sqn Lancaster EE135. Note: also claimed by Oblt. Becker (23.21 hrs; victory credited to Oblt. Becker 28.7.1944); claim Ofw. Grieneisen confirmed on 2.8.1944 Oblt. Martin Becker: 1 Stab I./NJG6 Lancaster nr Speyer: 5.000 m. 23.21 467 Sqn Lancaster EE135. Note: coned by 1.-4./Flakscheinw. Abt. 908 & 3./Flakscheinw. Abt. 300 (‘Lancaster Speyer/Ketsch 23.20 hrs’) Are there any photos available of the Lancaster crew and possibly of the wartime crash site? Cheers & beste Grüsse aus Groningen, Theo |
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
Hello Theo,
thank you very much for the information, this is the hit of the Lancaster EE135. A withness told me the Bomber crash between Speyer and Ketsch near the Rhine River. sorry i have no picture of the crew or crashplace at this time. regards Klaus |
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
Klaus, English only, please and not a mixture of German and English unless an original document.
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
For what it's worth:
LONG, ARTHUR Pilot Officer 413396 467sq 23/09/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 6. E. 4-8. DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany Bad Tolz, Bayern LUMSDEN, OSWALD JOHN Flight Sergeant 413779 467sq 23/09/1943 29 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Coll. grave 6. E. 4-8. DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany Bad Tolz, Bayern Date of Death: 23 September 1943 Source: AWM 64 (1/426) AWM 237 (63) (64) W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War : Page 333, Volume 1943. Aircraft Type: Lancaster Serial number: EE 135 Radio call sign: PO – Y Unit: 467 Sqn RAAF Summary: Lancaster EE135 took off from RAF Bottesford at 1901 hours on the night of 23/24th September 1943 to bomb Mannheim, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Seventeen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and two of these including EE135 failed to return. Crew: RAAF 413396 PO Long, A Captain (Pilot) RAAF 413779 Flt Sgt O J Lumsden, (Navigator) RCAF Flt Sgt M C Craik, (Bomb Aimer) RAF Sgt J B Harrison, (Wireless Operator Air Gunner) RAF Sgt C Weddell, (Flight Engineer) RCAF Sgt H A Green, (Mid Upper Gunner) RAF Sgt T Francis, (Rear Gunner) Following post war enquiries it was believed that the aircraft crashed at Altertheim and all the crew were killed. They are buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany. Durnbach is a village 16kms from Bad Tolz, a town 48kms south of Munich. Ed |
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
Hello Ed,
thank you very much for your feedback. the EE135 crash between Speyer and Ketsch near Heidelberg. the crew was burried in the small vilage Altlussheim, 2 km far from the crash side. regards Klaus |
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
Klaus, the MRES report on the loss of EE135 should answer all your questions.
Regards, Dave Last edited by alieneyes1; 14th March 2021 at 02:36. |
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
Hallo Dave,
thank you very much for this great information. regards Klaus |
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Re: Lancaster Crash EE135, PO-Y, 23/24.09.1943
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Hello Klaus, Glad to help. Ed |
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