ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52388
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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1943 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5738 |
| MSN: | OF-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Siberië, Maasbree, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Attacked by Major Streib & Unteroffizier Fischer of the Stab I./NJG 1 at a height of 6500 meters. They were flying Bf 110 G9+BB from Venlo airfield.
Operation: a bombing raid to Essen, Germany.
Call Sign: OF-D
Takeoff time: 17:07
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. S.R. Colbert 21 1165025 RAF KIA Jonkerbos 20 C 9 Initially buried at Venlo
Flight Engineer Sgt. T. Hesketh 34 1063367 RAF KIA Jonkerbos 20 C 6 Initially buried at Venlo
Navigator Sgt. D.D. Richardson 21 1213853 RAF KIA Jonkerbos 20 C 4 Initially buried at Venlo
Bomb Aimer Sgt. W.S. Hignell 25 R/93410 RCAF KIA Jonkerbos 20 C 7 Initially buried at Venlo
Wireless Operator Sgt. D.J. Dell R/67066 RCAF POW -
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. D. Wright 21 1576730 RAF KIA Jonkerbos 20 C 8 Initially buried at Venlo
Rear Gunner Sgt. T.P. Bowles 27 943966 RAF KIA Jonkerbos 20 C 5 Initially buried at Venlo
The deceased are buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1978
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=97
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Sep-2015 12:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2018 10:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 15-Mar-2018 09:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2018 09:58 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 09:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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