ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51818
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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4943 |
| MSN: | GT-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Karweg road, Otterlo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Takeoff at 23:12 for an operation to Essen, Germany.
Over the Netherlands, en route to the target, the aircraft suffered engine trouble. A while later it was hit by Flak.
In the end, it was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CB from Venlo airfield.
The area where the aircraft crashed is referred to as the 'Otterlosche Buurtbosch'.
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. D.L. Wallace 415060 RAAF Ede H 5
Flight engineer F/Sgt. R.J. Jackson 1172279 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/Sgt. T.H. Harvey 1391145 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. R.J. Twinn 1386995 RAF Survived POW
Wireless op F/Sgt. W.H.G.I. Moore 1213493 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner F/Sgt. D. Ross 412844 RAAF Ede H 4 Parachute failure
Air gunner F/Sgt. H.A. Lister 415538 RNzAF Ede H 5
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2392
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.platformmhe.nl/documenten/PlatformMHE_CrashesEde.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 February 1944 | JA921 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Zuid Ervenweg, Eemnes, Utrecht | |
w/o |
| 15 July 1944 | PA984 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Near Ancervillie (Meuse) |  |
w/o |
| 21 February 1945 | PB701 | 156 Sqn RAF | 3 | Düsseldorf (NRW) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-May-2018 19:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2019 20:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2023 12:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Time, Cn, Location, Narrative]] |
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