Crash Site Avro Lancaster Mk. III ND357 GT-G
On 14 January 1944 around 8.35pm, the Avro Lancaster Mk. III ND357 GT-G of 156 Pathfinder Squadron crashed at this spot. The aircraft had taken off earlier that day from Warboys airfield towards Braunschweig Germany. After the bombing, the aircraft was shot down on the way back by Oberleutnant Dietrich Schmidt's Messerschmitt Bf 110G. The entire crew of seven was killed in this incident and is buried at the Bergen op Zoom War Cemetary.
Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!
Source
- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: RAF
- - Crashinfo_ND357_NL | shhk.nl
Related books
Nearby
Museum
- Museum Collection '39 - '45 - Winkel
- Museum Slag van de Somme 1914 - 1918 - Schagen
- Regional Museum 1940-1945 Schagen and Surroundings - Schagen
Monument
- Memorial Crash RAF General Cemetery Kolhorn - Kolhorn
- Former Jewish Work Camp "Nieuwe Sluis" - Slootdorp
- War Memorial General Cemetery Wieringerwaard - Wieringerwaard
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Kolhorn - Kolhorn
- Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Wieringerwaard - Wieringerwaard
- Commonwealth War Graves Municipal Cemetery Winkel - Winkel
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Cornelis Bokstraat 41 - Schagen
- Stumbling Stones Magnusstraat 23 - Schagen
- Stumbling Stone Nieuwstraat 21 - Schagen
Fortification
- Transformerbunker Schagen - Schagen
- German Bunker Schagen - Schagen
- Radio Bearing Station Schneeglöckchen Schagen - Schagen
Crash site
Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? TracesOfWar.com tells you more!
More information
© STIWOT, 1999-2024. All rights reserved. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright