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Memorial Lancaster ND955

On the 25th of May 1944, the Avro Lancaster Mk III - ND955, belonging to the 15 Squadron Royal Air Force (15 Sqn RAF), crashed just north of the town of Someren.

The bomber took off with a seven-man crew from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk at 00:03 hours of that same day for a bombing operation on Aachen in Germany.

On its return, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Strüning and Oberleutnant Apel of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at 23:20 hrs, in a Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+EL.

All seven crew perished.

Pilot / F/O. W.D. McKay AUS422255 RAAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 61
Flight Engineer / Sgt. D.F.A. Peach 1872747 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 64
Navigator / F/O. J. Turner 152492 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 63
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. W.C. Chandler AUS408476 RAAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 62
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/O. K.D. Goddard 139402 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 66
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. R.J. Hughes 2209477 RAF / Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 65
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. F.D. Maddock R/146775 RCAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery (Gelderland); grave 16 B 8

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Source

  • Text: Bart Verhulst
  • Photos: Martin Damen

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