ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51327
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| Date: | Saturday 9 October 1943 |
| Time: | 00:27 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB181 |
| MSN: | MG-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Norg - Westervelde, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
On a bombing mission to Hannover, Germany. Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from Leeuwarden airfield.
The entire crew of seven perished in the crash.
Four crew members are buries at Norg cemetery, three others are MIA.
Takeoff time: 22:59
Crew:
Pilot F/O. B.E.C. MacPherson 140922 RAF Norg 6 2 1
Flight engineer Sgt. F.R. Brine 1604770 RAF Norg 6 2 4
Navigator F/O. S.G. Burnam Richards 139960 RAF Runnymede Memorial 123
Bomb aimer Sgt. T.R. Spencer 1438166 RAF Norg 6 2 2
Wireless op Sgt. M.G. Smallridge 1314228 RAF Runnymede Memorial 165
Air gunner F/Sgt. C.Z.R. Christianson R/159411 RCAF Norg 6 2 3
Air gunner Sgt. E.A. Brinton 1850112 RAF Runnymede Memorial 143
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2953&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.drentheindeoorlog.nl/?aid=367
http://www.rtvdrenthe.nl/nieuws/108652/Zeven-vermiste-oorlogsvliegers-mogelijk-nog-in-Drentse-bodem
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 September 1943 | JA713 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kattegat off Tunø island (Odder municipality, Midtjylland) |  |
w/o |
| 22 September 1943 | JB184 | 7 Sqn RAF | 6 | Burglesum, Bremen |  |
w/o |
| 18 October 1943 | JB347 | 7 Sqn RAF | 4 | 2 km north of Bad Rehburg, Rehburg-Loccum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Dec-2017 12:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 09:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 16:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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