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Lancaster BI NN694

Aircraft Accident / Loss Entry

Date of Crash	11 May 44	Aircraft Name	Lancaster BI	Serial Number	NN694
Unit	50 Sqdn	Operating Airfield		Country
Aircrew details
Details	Took off 2150 10 May 1944 from Skellingthorpe to attack the railway yards. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed with great force 500 metres W of For_t-sur-Marque in the Department of Nord 9 km E of Lille.
Source	Henk Welting's Database

Rank	Name, Number, Trade & Details	Date	Unit	Country	Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref
Sergeant	Roland Jean BECHEREL (1681254) Wireless Op Lancaster BI NN694 IBCC	1944-05-10	50 Sqdn AIR27	France	Forest-Sur-Marque Communal Cem
Warrant Officer	William Charles BULL (641825) Air Gunner Lancaster BI NN694 IBCC	1944-05-10	50 Sqdn AIR27	France	Forest-Sur-Marque Communal Cem
Flight Sergeant	Thomas HARRIS (650776) Flight Engi Lancaster BI NN694 IBCC	1944-05-10	50 Sqdn AIR27	France	Forest-Sur-Marque Communal Cem
Flying Officer	Andrew Alexander HENRY (131970) Air Bomber Lancaster BI NN694 IBCC	1944-05-10	50 Sqdn AIR27	France	Forest-Sur-Marque Communal Cem
Pilot Officer	John Herbert MASON (175361) Pilot Lancaster BI NN694 IBCC	1944-05-10	50 Sqdn AIR27	France	Forest-Sur-Marque Communal Cem
Flight Sergeant	John Joseph WATERS (1561612) Navigator Lancaster BI NN694 IBCC	1944-05-10	50 Sqdn AIR27	France	Forest-Sur-Marque Communal Cem
Sergeant	William George WOOD (1450790) Air Gunner Lancaster BI NN694 IBCC	1944-05-10	50 Sqdn AIR27	France	Forest-Sur-Marque Communal Cem

Thread	Post Text	Author
10/11 May 1944 - Lille - 97 Squadron	Hello A few years ago I organised a commemoration at Forest-sur-Marque, in memory of the 23 airmen buried in the village. 83 airmen from 12 Lancasters lost their lives that night. Tom Harris was the flight engineer in the crew captained by P/O J.H. MASON DFC. We had actually built a 1/72� scale Lancaster with the markings of that Lancaster, NN694 coded VN-L. 3 Lancasters crashed in the village that night. I'm quite interested as the CWGC site gave no family detail about him. You can e-mail me a send me a private message, by clicking on my name on the upper left of the message. regards Joss ....Read More.	jossleclercq on 23rd November 2013 07:38:44
10/11 May 1944 - Lille - 97 Squadron	Hello, I am new to the Royal Air Force comments site and was intrested in you search for Flt Sgt Tom Harris, my wife is related to another crew member Sgt Roland Bechrel wireless operator and gunner on NN694 VN-L Lancaster we beleive it might have been shot down by a Night Fighter piloted by Friedrich Pottast Luftwaffe, we have the names of the rest of the crew from 50 Sqdn. We are visiting the graves in June 17 at Forest-sur-Marque. regards Phil ....Read More.	airnautic on 25th April 2017 10:54:07

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