ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50132
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Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
Time: | 23:00 LT |
Type: | 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/time | Contributor | Updates |
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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