ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49942
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 22:40 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM718 |
| MSN: | QR-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zandbos woods, Deurne, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Skellingthorpe, UK |
Took off at 19:17 hrs to breach the Dortmund-Ems canal north of Münster, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Feldwebel Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying Heinkel He 219 A-2 G9+HH from Münster-Handorf airfield in Germany.
The four-engined bomber fell along the Helmondseweg road at Deurne.
Pilot / S/Ldr. H.W. Horsley 68786 RAF / evader
Flight Engineer / P/O. C.A. Cawthorne DFM 54753 RAF / evader
Navigator / F/O. J.C. Webber 154082 RAF / POW
Bomb Aimer / F/O. J.P. Wheeler 154229 RAF / evader, POW
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. G. Twyneham 991577 RAF / Venray War Cemetery
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. H.W. Jennings 411560 RAF / Venray War Cemetery
Rear Gunner / Sgt. R.T. Hoskisson 961858 RAF / evader
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4290&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 August 1943 | W4236 | 61 Sqn RAF | 3 | Marbehan, Habay, Luxembourg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 06:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2021 16:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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