ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52674
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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:05 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5748 |
| MSN: | ZN-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Swartfean' at Opeinde, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 23:30 on 26 July 1942, for an operation to Hamburg in Germany.
Over Friesland, shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Lothar Linke of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield - (claim) Zwartveen 20 km ESE of Leeuwarden. The aircraft exploded in mid-air and crashed in a black peat bog between Rottevalle and Opeinde, Netherlands. This was the 9th "kill" for the Luftwaffe ace.
The bomb aimer is missing in action:
Pilot:42264 Sqn Ldr Francis Harold Robertson DFC - Opeinde Protestant Cemetery Grave 1
Flight Engineer:778188 Sgt Joseph John Cooper (South African)Opeinde Protestant Cemetery Grave 3
Navigator: Aus/403108 Sgt James Charles Henry RAAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25099.
Bomb Aimer:119188 Plt Off Wilfred Alfred John Fuller - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69
Wireless Operator:1164033 Sgt Maurice John Dembrey Opeinde Protestant Cemetery Grave 2
Air Gunner:1378878 Sgt R Stoker PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25081.
Air Gunner:J/15334 Plt Off Henry Frederick Charles Humphries RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 573.
Sources:
1. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1722
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/robertson-francis.html
3. http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/23624/Memorial-Crash-Lancaster-Mkl-R5748-ZN-R-Rottevalle.htm
4.http://aircrewremembered.com/robertson-francis.html
5. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opeinde_(Friesland)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 July 1943 | ED720 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | field between Caudry and Béthencourt, département du Nord |  |
w/o |
| 1 November 1944 | PB303 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kijkuitseweg road, Lepelstraat, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2014 17:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2014 17:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:09 | Rata | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 09-Aug-2017 17:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 20:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2018 19:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Feb-2018 19:44 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 11-May-2020 14:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2020 17:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
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