Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4126,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52413
 
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Date:Thursday 17 December 1942
Time:18:47
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration: W4126
MSN: KM-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Den Hoorn, Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK (takeoff at 17:15 hrs)
Destination airport:Operation - Nienburg/Weser, Germany
Narrative:
Hit by Luftwaffe Flak of 4./leiche Flak-Abteilung 764 and Marine Flak of 1./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Dirks Admiraal, 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 De Mok, 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Erfprins, 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808, 9./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Vangdam, Stab Seekommandantur Nord Holland, 4./Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 607 Kijkduin and vessels of the 34. Minensuchflottille, 20. Vorpostenflottille and
Hafenschützflotille. Crashed near De Westen/Den Hoorn on Texel Island.
Pilot / F/O. L.G.L. McNamara 80193 RAF / killed
Flight Engineer / Sgt. G.A. Read 1152087 RAF / prisoner of war
Navigator / F/O. R.N. McCleery J/11118 RCAF / killed
Bomb Aimer / F/O. J.W. Loree J/11109 RCAF / killed
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. K.R. MacLeod 1058806 RAF / killed
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. G. Beckett 622136 RAF / killed
Rear Gunner / Sgt. G.W. Jones 1395418 RAF / killed

The deceased are all buried at Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1952&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://aircrewremembered.com/mcnamara-lawrence.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Year Part 3 - Theo Boiten

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 October 1943 EE184 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF 2 North Sea 60 miles southeast of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
25-Oct-2014 20:02 gerard57 Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Dec-2017 11:26 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Oct-2018 04:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
01-Oct-2019 16:10 Anon. Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Nov-2020 19:39 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
06-Nov-2020 19:44 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
15-Jun-2022 07:21 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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