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Detail page crash 20-Feb-1944
| CrashID | 655 |
| Date | 20-Feb-1944 |
| Time | 5:40 |
| Location | Paal |
| Airplane | Avro |
| Type / model | Lancster III |
| Serial number | LL720 |
| Registration number | EQ-R |
| Group | RCAF Bomber Command |
| Squadron | 408 RCAF |
| Base | Linton-on-Ouse (UK) |
| Mission | Bombardementsvlucht op Leipzig |
| Target | Stad Leipzig |
| Crew | Piloot F/Lt Elmer Stanley WINN RCAF J8840 KIA Navigator F/O James Richard LEAMAN RCAF J24215 KIA Bommenr. John Raymond BONNEVILLE RCAF J25732 KIA Radio/schutter f/Sgt Reginald Herbert WADE RCAF J86403 KIA Boordschutter Sgt Eldore DRAMNITZKI RCAF R181982 KIA BWTK Sgt. Ellis William BOLT RAF 642443 KIA Boordschutter T/Sgt. Norman Henry Hanbridge BROWN USAAF 10601604 KIA |
| Cemeteries | E.S. WINN 23jr Schoonselhof 4A-3-77 J.R. LEAMAN Schoonselhof 4A-3-79 J.R. BONNEVILLE 23jr. Schoonselhof 4A-3-89 R.H.WADE 26jr. Schoonselhof 4A-3-71 E.DRAMNITZKI 22jr. Schoonselhof 4A-3-84 E.W.BOLT 24jr. Schoonselhof 4A-3-76 N.H.H.BROWN 21jr.Schoonselhof 4A-3-78. Later naar Neuville en Condroz (Belgie) |
| Brief description of the crash | Intercepted and shot down on returnflight from Leipzig. At 5:40 by Oberst Lt. E-W. von Bonin. Crashed in flames killing whole crew. Location: wetlands Saeftinghe off the village of Paal. Initially buried near Deurne airbase (Antwerp) In 1946 relocated to Schoonselhof -Antwerp. |