Avro Lancaster III (DV267 SR-K) lost at Tolbert on 20-02-1944 (SGLO ref: T3428)
At the date of 20-02-1944, time: 0150, the aircraft type Lancaster has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Tolbert. The unit of crew and plane is: 101 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Pilot Officer, name: J. Laurens. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Thanks to Ben Winnemuller: A rare photograph of Lancaster DV 267. W/O Jack Laurens (Pilot). Sgt Don Bolt (MUG). Flt Sgt Les Burton (Nav). Sgt Ted Royston (Rear Gun). Sgt Davies (Spec Op). Sgt Wag Kibble (Flt Eng). Sgt Chris Aitkin (Bomb-Aimer). Sgt Cass Waight (W/Op)
This photograph is most likely one of the last to be taken of this aircraft and crew. The photo is date-stamped 1944 on the back. The aircraft was shot down on the night of 19/20 Feb 1944 on an operation to Leipzig. It crashed near Tolbert (17 km WSW of Groningen, Netherlands). W/O Laurens and three of his crew died that night and five crewmen survived. (source: http://www.northstaffs1940s.co.uk/Freds_photos.htm )
Source SGLO:
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Call Sign | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield | |
AVRO | Lancaster | III | DV267 | SR-K | 101 Sqdn | RAF | 2338 | Ludford Magna | |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province | |||||
150 | Shot down by NF | Crashed Boerakker between Tolbert and De Jammer Groningen | Groningen | ||||||
Source | Mag / Page | Additional sources | |||||||
Chorley W.R., Bomber Command Losses 1944 | 1944 | SGLO Bulletin 272 for time; "Met de blik naar boven" p.282 for NF, location and time 02:10 | |||||||
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Hon | Mil reg | Air Force | Cemetery | Grave | Remark |
Pilot | P/O. | J. | Laurens | DFM | 171908 | RAF | Tolbert | K 2 | |
Flight engineer | Sgt. | W.A.G. | Kibble | RAF | Survived | pow | |||
Navigator | Sgt. | L. | Burton | RAF | Survived | pow | |||
Bomb aimer | Sgt. | R. | Aitken | RAF | Survived | pow | |||
Wo ag | P/O. | C.H. | Waight | 172841 | RAF | Marum | 27 10 | ||
Air gunner | Sgt. | A.E. | Royston | RAF | Survived | pow | |||
Air gunner | Sgt. | W.F.D. | Bolt | 1587851 | RAF | Tolbert | K 1 | ||
- | Sgt. | J.A. | Davies | RAF | Survived | pow |