ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50230
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 1944 |
| Time: | 12:08 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM263 |
| MSN: | EM-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Deelen Airfield, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby |
Took off from RAF Spilsby at 09:59 to bomb Deelen airfied in Holland. Hit by flak and crashed 3m SW of Deelen airfield where five, including Amsterdam born Flt Lt Overgaauw, are buried in Moscowa General Cemetery. Since 1945, the two Canadians members of crew have benn taken to Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery.
Crew :
Flt Lt G A C Overgaauw (Killed
Sgt P A Wildsmith (Killed
Flt Sgt A L Brett (Killed
Fg Off W A Swinton RCAF (Killed
Flt Sgt H D S M J Mackay (Killed
Sgt R L Coaker (Killed
Flt Sgt A Watt RCAF (Killed
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3926&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second world War 1944 Page 385.
http://www.beleefdehogeveluwe.nl/vliegtuigcrashes/lancaster-mk-i-lm-263-em-n.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/113876/geert-adrianus-cornelis-overgaauw&prev=search
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T3926
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1942 | R5632 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 30 km west of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 17 August 1942 | R5509 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Blåvandshuk Fyr, Blåvand, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 5 September 1942 | R5755 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer E of Medemblik, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Jul-2016 14:23 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2019 18:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Jul-2019 19:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2022 09:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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