ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52575
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| Date: | Saturday 5 September 1942 |
| Time: | 02:51 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5682 |
| MSN: | QR-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | de Alde Feanen national park; near Wartena, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Lancaster B.k.1 R5682 "QR-R", 61 Squadron. Operation to Bremen 4th/5th September 1942: Airborne 00:25 5 Sep 42 from Syerston.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and damaged by Flak over the Dutch Frisian islands, set on fire and finished off by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Vinke of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 in GCI-box Löwe.
One crew member is still missing in action:
Pilot / P/O. P.C.V. Joslin 131479 RAF / Wartena cemetery; grave B 12 21
Flight Engineer / Sgt. E.V. Booth 631551 RAF / prisoner of war
Navigator / Sgt. P.J. Bridgeman R/92999 RCAF / prisoner of war
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. E.J. May 755631 RAF / Eernewoude cemetery; grave 15 2
Wireless Operator / F/Sgt. B.A. Farmer 901579 RAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner / F/O. N.D. Mullins R/77351 RCAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner / W/O. II J.F. Cooper R/55387 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 102
Sgts E.V. Booth PoW No.27054, P.J. Bridgeman PoW No.27019, and F/S B.A. Farmer were interned in Camps 8B/344, PoW No.26990 F/O N.D. Mullins in Camp L3, PoW No.679. F/S Joslin is buried in Idaarderadeel (Wartena) General Cemetery; F/S May is buried in Tietjerksteradeel (Eernewoude) Protestant Cemetery. F/S Cooper has no known grave. this crash site is currently being investigated and at this date human remains have been found believed to be that of rear gunner James Cooper (RCAF) who is listed as missing.
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7500-Peter-Clement-Vellacott-Joslin-pilot-of-Lancaster-R5682
3. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1805&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R5544 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Düsseldorf-Eller, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 23 April 1944 | LM476 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Dallensenweg road, Lügde, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 6 November 1944 | PB725 | 61 Sqn RAF | 3 | east of Coesfeld (grid square JP 2), Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 9 February 1945 | PB737 | 61 Sqn RAF | 1 | Am Pk. and Krummbek Road off Lidenallee | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 02:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2016 14:36 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Destination airport] |
| 04-Sep-2017 12:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2017 07:02 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 18:31 | carjack74 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2018 18:41 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 04-Mar-2018 18:41 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-May-2020 07:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 19:41 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
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