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    ND628 was a Lancaster Mk. III bomber that was part of the eighth production batch built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. between December 1943 and May 1944. It was assigned to RAF Kirmington in Lincolnshire. On July 25, 1944, ND628 took part in a raid on Stuttgart, Germany with over 450 bombers and was shot down by a German fighter, crashing 30km southwest of Heidelberg and killing its entire Australian and British crew.

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    ND628 was a Lancaster Mk. III bomber that was part of the eighth production batch built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. between December 1943 and May 1944. It was assigned to RAF Kirmington in Lincolnshire. On July 25, 1944, ND628 took part in a raid on Stuttgart, Germany with over 450 bombers and was shot down by a German fighter, crashing 30km southwest of Heidelberg and killing its entire Australian and British crew.

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    ND628 was a Lancaster Mk. III bomber that was part of the eighth production batch built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. between December 1943 and May 1944. It was assigned to RAF Kirmington in Lincolnshire. On July 25, 1944, ND628 took part in a raid on Stuttgart, Germany with over 450 bombers and was shot down by a German fighter, crashing 30km southwest of Heidelberg and killing its entire Australian and British crew.

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    ND628

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    ND628 was a Lancaster Mk. III bomber that was part of the eighth production batch built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. between December 1943 and May 1944. It was assigned to RAF Kirmington in Lincolnshire. On July 25, 1944, ND628 took part in a raid on Stuttgart, Germany with over 450 bombers and was shot down by a German fighter, crashing 30km southwest of Heidelberg and killing its entire Australian and British crew.

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    Plant: A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. Unknown Location Type: Avro Type 683 Lancaster Mk. III S/N Range: ND613-ND658 Data: Part of the eighth production batch of 600 aircraft built by A.V.Roe & Co. Ltd., being the third part of Contract No. 1807 and the second part of Works Order No. 8545. Deliveries commenced 12-43; completed 5/44 (average rate of production, approximately 25 aircraft per week). Base: R.A.F. Kirmington, Lincolnshire Lost: 24th/25th July 1944 461 Lancasters and 153 Halifaxes to Stuttgart. 17 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes lost, 4.6 per cent of the force. This was the first of 3 heavy raids on Stuttgart in 5 nights and the only report available is a composite one for the 3 raids. The 3 raids caused the most serious damage of the war in the central districts of Stuttgart which, being situated in a series of narrow valleys, had eluded Bomber Command for several years. They were now devastated and most of Stuttgart's public and cultural buildings were destroyed. The second of the 3 raids, on the night of 25/26 July, was the most successful. Crash Site: Aircraft shot down by FW Heinz Misch at 02.24 on 25th July 1944, crashed 30km SW of Heidelberg (Rheinhausen/Speyer) Crew: Plt. Off. Gordon Leonard Heath (RAAF) 423114 Pilot Sgt. Leonard Alfred Newell 1237683 - Flight Engineer Flg. Off. Bryan Patrick Fraser (RAAF) 434396 Navigator Flt. Sgt. Donald Eric Simmons 1395857 - Air Bomber Flt. Sgt. William Murphy (RAAF) 419669 - Wireless Op Sgt. Roland Williams 859670 - Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. Norman Desmond Staff 1592107 - Rear Gunner Buried: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany Grave Reference: Section 2 Row D Graves 23 - 28

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