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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1942 |
| Time: | 03:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5619 |
| MSN: | OL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster R5619 Takeoff at 00:32 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany. 26/07/1942
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rolf Bussmann of the 9./NJG 2, who had taken off from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) North Sea west of Bergen op Zoom at 03:46.
All seven are missing in action:
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Harold Hopper Whitehead DFM RAF 48895 (NCO:516824 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ralph Alexander Wilson RAAF Aus/405008 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Herbert Boyd Barber RCAF J/5686 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Jack William Corfield DFM RAFVR 128672 (NCO:905817) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ernest Arnold Rudge RAFVR 1100638 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John McCarten RAFVR 1326338 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Hugh Brash RAFVR 910235 [Killed]
Sources:
www.aircrewrembered.com
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194200.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
ORB 83 Sqdn RAF
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2017 18:55 | w.bleumink | Added |
| 20-Feb-2018 22:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Feb-2018 17:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 09-Jun-2019 18:32 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2020 16:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 21-Aug-2024 12:06 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 21-Aug-2024 12:07 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 10-Oct-2024 13:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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