Crash Site Lancaster LM370 SR-K2, 101 Squadron RAF

Project Lost Wings '40 - '45 has placed Memorial Signs in the Municipality of Emmen on the places where airplanes crashed during the Second World War.

On Thursday 18 November 1943 at 17.21 a Mk III Lancaster LM370-K2 from 101 Squadron RAF (Pathfinder Force) took off from RAF Ludford Magna to participate in a major attack on
Berlin. As one of 444 bombers, it was equipped with ABC equipment to disrupt German radar and was part of the first group of Pathfinders: an elite unit tasked to precede the main force to mark the target. On its way home, the Lancaster was attacked by a Junkers Ju88
of the 2./NJG 3 (Nachtjagdgeschwader), flown by Feldwebel Rudi Frank. Around 23.12 LM370 SR-K2 exploded above the field. All eight crew members (the eighth being the ABC operator) were killed, and parts of the aircraft were scattered over a large area. All crew members are buried in the Commonwealth War Graves section of the Municipal Cemetery at Schoonebeek.

Crew Members:
Charles Patric McManus RAF KIA pilot
Kenneth Jones RAF KIA flight engineer
Guy Dermot Spyers RAF KIA navigator
Anthony Ezra Rosen RAF KIA wireless operator
Barry Kingsley Petyt RAF KIA bomb aimer
George Herbert Gittins RAF KIA tailgunner
Charles Harold Downs RAF KIA gunner
George Philip Herman RCAF KIA special wireless operator

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Source

• Text: SLO Drenthe
• Photos: Rob Wethly, SLO Drenthe (1, 2), Chris Bonhof (3)
• Stichting Luchtoorlog Onderzoek Drenthe