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RAAF Lancaster

The Commanding Officer of an Australian Lancaster squadron, Wing Commander J. K. Douglas DFC, AFC, of Tamworth, NSW, flies this aircraft the new "S"-Sugar. The other "S"-sugar on the squadron is the veteran Lancaster which has just been reconditioned and has 114 operations to its credit.

  1. DOUGLAS, John Keith Died: Flying Battle, Dortmund, Germany, 8 February 1945, aged 23 years

Date: Thursday 8 February 1945
Time: 00:16 claim
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator: 467 Sqn RAAF
Registration: NG455
MSN: PO-H
Fatalities: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: Horstmar area, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Waddington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 21:02 hrs for an operation against the Dortmund-Ems Kanal near Ladbergen.

Homeward-bound, intercepted by Hauptmann Gerhard Raht of Stab I./NJG 2, flying Ju 88 G-6 4R+AB from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
RAHT, Gerhard Ferdinand Otto. (DOB: 06.06.20 in Reinfeld/Holstein). (RE, DKG). 01.10.39 entered
the Luftwaffe. 01.02.41 promo to Lt. 1942 assigned to 4./NJG 3. 26/27.07.42 Lt., 4./NJG 3.
17.01.43 Lt., in 4./NJG 3. 01.02.43 promo to Oblt. 10.03.43 Oblt., 4./NJG 3. 13.03.43 Oblt.,
1./NJG 2 . 22.06.43 Oblt., in 1./NJG 1. 29/30.07.43 Oblt., 4./NJG 3. 30.07.43 Oblt., Stab II./NJG 3.
24.08.43 Oblt., Stab II./NJG 3. 06.09.43 Oblt., Staka 3./NJG 3, awarded the Ehrenpokal. 27.09.43
Oblt., 4./NJG 3. 01.10.43 Oblt., appt Staka? 4./NJG 3. 01.12.43 Oblt., 4./NJG 3. 13.12.43 Oblt.,
4./NJG 3 unhurt Ju 88 C-6 shot down by US fighters - bailed out vic Itzhoe, 60 km NW of Hamburg.
28.01.44 Oblt., awarded DKG, II./NJG 3. 15.02.44 Oblt., 4./NJG 3. 24.02.44 Hptm., 4./NJG 3.
15/16.03.44 Hptm., 4./NJG 3. 24.03.44 Hptm., 4./NJG 3. 22/23.04.44 Oblt., Staka 4./NJG 3.
27.04.44 Hptm., 1./NJG 2. 12/13.01.45 Hptm., Stab I,./NJG 2. 01.05.44 Staka 1./NJG 2, promo to
Hptm. 13.05.44 appt Kdr. I./NJG 2 (to 08.05.45). 20.05.44 10.06.44 Hptm., Kdr. Stab I./NJG 2
unhurt - Ju 88 R-2 (4R+RB) landed at Chateaudûn a/f then set on fire by a Mosquito. 24.06.44 lost Ju
88 G-6 (4R+AB). 24.06.44 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz for service as Staka 1./NJG 2.
30.06/01.07.44 Hptm., Stab I./NJG 2. 07/08.02.45 Hptm., Stab I./NJG 2. 15.04.45 Hptm., awarded
Eichenlaub, Kdr. I./NJG 2. Credited with 171 combat missions and 58 night victories. †11.01.77 in
Reinfeld



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  1. John Keith DOUGLAS DFC, AFC
  2. https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/279876
  3. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
  4. WWII 1944 Photo RAAF Lancaster Airplane w/ Nose Art 10x8cm | eBay
 
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