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| Date: | Friday 30 July 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LN294 |
| MSN: | QO-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Luneburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, Yorks |
| Hamburg |
Shot down by night fighter and crashed near Luneburg, where the dead were initially buried on 31 July. Since reinterred at the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany (53.621319 / 10.053845) except F/O Bennett who is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745).
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Harold Wilmer Kerby RCAF C/472 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Victor John Jewell RCAF J/21026 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flying Officer Patrick Scott James Murphy MiD RCAF J/16152 [Killed]
Flying Officer John Bennett RCAF J/17158 [Killed]
Sergeant James Henry Smith RCAF R/146152 [PoW]
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/July43/July29~3043.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 12:31 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, ] |
| 24-Nov-2019 18:09 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2025 06:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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