ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52398
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| Date: | Thursday 31 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4799 |
| MSN: | OL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Demen and Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Target: Düsseldorf - OBOE trial
Takeoff time: 17:55
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Reinhold Knacke of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
All seven rest in the Uden war cemetery:
Pilot / P/O. L.T. Jackson DFC J/15950 RCAF
Flight Engineer / F/Sgt. D. Smith 1008971 RAF
Navigator / F/Lt. J. McMillan 109159 RAF (NCO:1019144 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 December, 1941)
Bomb Aimer / W/O. B.E. Hargrove R/73175 RCAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. K.C. Taylor 1034269 RAF
Mid Upper Gunner / F/Sgt. L.R. Brettle 1382448 RAF
Rear Gunner / Sgt. D. Crossthwaite R/127686 RCAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1968&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1942 | R5619 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea W of Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant | |
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| 20 February 1944 | ND448 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Bad Belzig, Brandenburg |  |
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| 27 August 1944 | PB292 | 83 Sqn RAF | 5 | Høgsholt, Vejle, Syddanmark |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2017 10:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2020 19:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2023 08:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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