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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:20-02:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM327 |
| MSN: | OF-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea, off Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Takeoff at 22:41 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by a night fighter from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
This was either a Ju 88 C-6 flown by Hauptmann Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab IV./NJG 5 (detached to 1./NJG 1) or a Bf 110 G-4 flown by Leutnant Heinz Strüning of the 2./NJG 1.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Joseph Laurence Moore DFC RAF 42071 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Robert Alfred Kerckhove RAF 572001 [Killed]
Navigator : Squadron Leader James Parker McMillin RCAF J/8437 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer William James Stephen RAF 51895 (NCO:534391 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 June, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Alan Tomlinson RAF 630845 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John William Darroch RAFVR 1392050 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Louis Leslie Davis RAFVR 1809975 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM327
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2018 12:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 07:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 01-Jun-2024 18:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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