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Input Aircraft
Aircraft	Database entry
Fokker G-1	G-1
Fokker D.21	D-XXI
Douglas D8	D8
Fokker C.5	C-V
Fokker T-8	T-8
Arado 66	Ar 66
Messerschmitt 109	Bf 109
Messerschmitt 262	Me 262
Dakota (RAF)	Dakota
C-47 (USAAF)	C-47
Fotress (RAF)	Fortress
B-17 (USAAF)	B-17
DeHavilland Moth	D.H.60
Fieseler Storch	Fi 156
Focke Wulf 200	Fw 200

Input Date
Date	Database entry
22nd June 43	22-06-43
15th October 42	15-10-42
5th March 43	05-03-43

Input Unit
Unit	Database entry
all on KG 4	/KG 4
all on JG 1	/JG 1
4FG/335FS	/335FS
all on 106 Sqdn	106 Sqdn
91BG/323BS	323BS
1 Lvr	1 Lvr

Monument chart: M0061
Monument Name	T/R Number
Lancasterpad	T3840
Date unveiling	Street	City	Zipcode	Province
May 1, 2015	Lancasterpad	Oosterwolde		Friesland

Description
Streetname sign.
The RAF Lancaster LL955 departed on 21 June at 11:10 PM 1944 from RAF airfield Metheringham, Lincolnshire, base of 106 Squadron. Target of the mission (which involved a total of 122 Lancasters) was a synthetic oil installation in Scholven-Buer. The aircraft was downed in the early morning of June 22, 1944, at 2:01 am, by Hptm. E-W. Modrow of 1./NJG 1 (night fighter squadron) and crashed near the bicycle bridge of this Lancasterpad. All seven crew members were killed in this crash.

Description

Streetname sign.

History

The RAF Lancaster LL955 departed on 21 June at 11:10 PM 1944 from RAF airfield Metheringham, Lincolnshire, base of 106 Squadron. Target of the mission (which involved a total of 122 Lancasters) was a synthetic oil installation in Scholven-Buer. The aircraft was downed in the early morning of June 22, 1944, at 2:01 am, by Hptm. E-W. Modrow of 1./NJG 1 (night fighter squadron) and crashed near the bicycle bridge of this Lancasterpad. All seven crew members were killed in this crash.

Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

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