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