In Memoriam: Lancaster ED-307 KM-R Crash Site

In Memoriam: Lancaster ED-307 KM-R crash site

At this location in the Pastoorsmast at the current Helmondweg-Smits van Oyenlaan intersection, a bomber, the Lancaster Mk1 ED-307 KM-R of 44 Sqdn, crashed on 29 June 1943. One of the propeller-driven engines of this aircraft was located along the Eeneindseweg (now Lyndakker). The aircraft was part of a group of 608 aircraft that had Cologne as their target. Of these, 25 aircraft did not return. This Lancaster was one of them. They were shot down by pilot Major Günther Radusch, Stab II./NJG 3 who intercepted them with his Messerschmitt Bf 110 from Venlo. The entire crew was killed.
Sgt. Charles Vernon Leslie Hulbert, pilot.
Sgt. Dennis Mansell Lewis, flight engineer, 20 years old, from Shropshire, UK.
Sgt Joshua Alan Sykes, navigator.
Sgt Arthur Tooth, navigator, 28 years old, from South Kirby, Yorkshire, UK.
Sgt Thomas Rees Jones, wireless operator and gunner, from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sgt. George Albert Denney, gunman, 21 years old.
Flt Sgt Patrick James Galligan shooter, 21 years old, from Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.

The information column at this location has been part of a bicycle route since 2014, celebrating 70 years of liberation Nuenen c.a.

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Source

• Text: Geert-Jan van Glabbeek
• Photos: Geert-Jan van Glabbeek

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