LM718 QR-K
On the external wall of a commercial
property, a small plaque remembers those killed in the loss of 61 Sqn Lancaster LM718 QR-K which crashed at this site on 23/09/44
The aircraft had departed Skellingthorpe at 1917 for Ops Ladbergen.
It was intercepted at 3500M, 40-50km WNW of Dusseldorf by a Nightfighter captained by Nachtjagd "Experten" Hptm
Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow (1/NJG1) and shot down at 2240 for his 29th Abschuss.
The aircraft was partially abandoned before it crashed near Deurne. Two of the crew were killed, two became POW's,
three evaded
RAF loss info source; Chorley's BCL Vol 5 - Nachtjagd claim info source; Boiten's NCA 1944 Part
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Images taken by and reproduced with the kind permission of Harry Bakermans
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