Mid-air collision Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III LM693,
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Date:Saturday 16 September 1944
Time:23:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: LM693
MSN: KO-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Strijensas (Stroopepolder), Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Witchford, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Moesdijk Flak positions in support of Operation Market Garden.
Took off from RAF Witchford at 21:28
Mid air collision with 90 Squadron Lancaster I LM169 WP-R2.
Crashed in Strijensepolder at Strijen.
Crew
Pilot: J/25920 Fg Off Peter William Bickford RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 5.
Flight Engineer: 189628 Sgt Peter Lawrence Dooley - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 8.
Navigator: J/28771 Fg Off Arnold Ney Johnston RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 6.
Bomb Aimer: J/25351 Fg Off Wilfred George Scanlan RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 7.
Wireless Operator: 1622660 Flt Sgt Uriah Bernard Butters - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 4.
Mid Upper Gunner: J/90321 Plt Off Douglas Dawson RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 2.
Rear Gunner: J/90719 Plt Off Donald George Flood RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 3.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4027&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 August 1944 PB127 115 Sqn RAF 6 between Wohld and Lechterke - Badbergen, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
27-Dec-2011 05:55 Uli Elch Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Mar-2021 18:28 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2023 15:59 Anon. Updated [[Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]]

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