ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52367
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | DV160 |
| MSN: | AR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schellingwoude, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:57
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. R.E. Crook 1320902 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 17
Flight engineer Sgt. J.R. Morrison 14824 RAAF Survived POW
Navigator F/Sgt. S.J. Marriage 420697 RAAF Amsterdam 69 C 18
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. C.R. Buckeridge 414196 RAAF Amsterdam 69 B 11
Wo ag Sgt. C.E. Grimshaw 1127071 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 17
Air gunner Sgt. G.W.G. Fletcher 1334452 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 17
Air gunner F/Sgt. D.R. Grant 413307 RAAF Amsterdam 69 C 18
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2469&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1943 | W4987 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | near Duhnen, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 30 July 1943 | ED535 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 6 | Flögelner Holz, northwest of Bad Bederkesa, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 3 September 1943 | EE132 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 5 | Benedeneind, near Benschop, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2018 19:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 03:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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