Memorial Sign Crash Location Lancaster MK III DV-287 SR-N

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 14th January 1944 a Lancaster Mk III - DV287 SR-N from 101 Squadron RAF took off from RAF Ludford Magna (West Hull) to participate in a raid on Braunschweig with a total of 298 bombers; this aircraft had a German-speaking officer on board and was equipped with ABC apparatus to disrupt German communications. On their way home, the Lancaster was intercepted and attacked by a German night fighter. Fire broke out on board the Lancaster, and the pilot lost control, and the aircraft crashed. Of the nine-man crew, only Alexander Hoyle Walmsley survived and managed to escape. The Wehrmacht did not undertake a search because there were usually 7 crew members, not 9. The other crew members are buried at the Municipal Cemetery in Nieuw Dordrecht.

Crew Members:
Joseph Walter Slater RAF KIA pilot
Maxwell Chambers Patterson RAF KIA copilot
Arther William Louis Schneider RAF KIA flight engineer
Alexander Hoyle Walmsley RAF EVD navigator
Peter Mitchell RAF KIA wireless operator
Stanley Ernest Watchorn RAF KIA bomb aimer
George Thomas McLatchie RAF KIA tailgunner
Leonard Easdon RAF KIA gunner
John Francis Staff ord RAF KIA special wireless operator

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Source

• Text: SLO Drenthe
• Photos: Rob Wethly, SLO Drenthe
• Stichting Luchtoorlog Onderzoek Drenthe