Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I R5497,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52414
 
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Date:Thursday 17 December 1942
Time:22:46
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration: R5497
MSN: OF-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 5 km west of Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woodhall Spa
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off from RAF Woodhall Spa at 17:08 hrs for a bombing operation against Neustadt in Germany.

Homeward-bound, shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs & Feldwebel Erich Weißflog of the 11./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden at 21:15 hrs, in Bf 110 G9+CY - (claim) sea 5 km west of Egmond aan Zee (4344 G, Hering): 1,100m at 22:46.
All are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:

Pilot P/O. J.E. Bunt J/16565 RCAF
Flight Engineer Sgt. W.C. Morgan 522876 RAF
Navigator F/Sgt. J.S. Macks 1022818 RAF
Bomb Aimer W/O. II R.S. Donald R/77810 RCAF
Wireless Operator Sgt. C.A. Farrimond 917131 RAF
Mid Upper Gunner F/Sgt. J.G. Hebdon 1377994 RAF
Rear Gunner Sgt. J.G. Liney 1310395 RAF

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1953B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
15-Dec-2017 13:30 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2018 15:33 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
02-Oct-2019 13:52 Anon. Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
06-Nov-2020 20:47 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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