ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52366
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM329 |
| MSN: | WS-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maas river near Oijen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Crash site south bank of Maas, near Oijen.
Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:56
Crew:
Pilot P/O. J. Evans 145515 RAF Uden War Cem 5 G 5
Flight engineer Sgt. V.G.L. Smith 1178195 RAF Uden War Cem 5 G 6
Navigator Sgt. R. Borthwick 1437293 RAF Uden War Cem 5 G 8
Navigator Sgt. V.J. Tarr 1383325 RAF Uden War Cem 5 H 11
Bomb aimer Sgt. A.W. Waite 1481843 RAF Uden War Cem 5 G 7
Wo ag F/Sgt. W.J. Chapple 1257583 RAF Uden War Cem 5 F 9
Air gunner Sgt. H.I. Ashdown 1316463 RAF Uden War Cem 5 G 9
Air gunner Sgt. D.W. Brough 1339242 RAF Uden War Cem 5 G 10
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2462&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 11:44 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 13-Jun-2018 18:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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