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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:17 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5740 |
| MSN: | KM-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 31 miles west of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:51 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Franz Buschmann of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Derek Minden Sharp RAFVR 145476 (NCO:1336634 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 June, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Donald MacLean Struthers RAFVR 149534 (NCO:1217632 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 September, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Johnstone RAF 530175 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Rowland Josiah Dash RAFVR 1316701 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Reginald Herbert William Thompson RAFVR 1385570 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Norman Henry Morris RAFVR 1271185 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Reginald Hylton Griffiths RAFVR 1399828 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth William Langstaff RAFVR 1455580 [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=R5740
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2018 20:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jan-2019 12:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 02-May-2025 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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