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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | 20:08 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV289 |
| MSN: | SR-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heuchelheim, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield, Belgium.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:24
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant James Gordon Bennett RCAF R/143404 : Commission Gazetted Sunday 03 January, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald William Hodgson RAFVR 1523752 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Michael Joseph Kennedy RCAF R/117380 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Francis George Tims Collins RAFVR 107924 (NCO:1375390 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 November, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Herbert Feeney RAFVR 1318266 [Killed]
Special Equipment Operator : Flight Lieutenant George Lewis Spofford RCAF J/11590 [PoW, died later]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Geoffrey North RAFVR 1627763 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alexander McKeenan RAF 1822144 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV289
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2018 18:25 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 25-Nov-2018 08:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-May-2024 11:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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