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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:48 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5502 |
| MSN: | OF-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rue des Vaulx, Maurage, La Louvière, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:02 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Adolf Brandstetter of the 9./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Laon-Athies airfield in France.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Hector Dinning RAAF Aus/404992 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Victor Arthur Hamon RAFVR 1173236 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Edleston Spooner RAFVR 1479837 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Ellis Victor Cope RAFVR 1006396 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Charles Herbert Brummitt RAFVR 1051139 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harold John Endley RAFVR 1153736 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Brian Quinn RAF 646803 [Killed]
All lie at the Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium (50.463982 / 4.439499), where the set of CWGC headstones are readily seen on Google Earth Street View.
The victims were the Australian pilot, F/Sgt John H. Dinning RAAF, Sgt William E. Spooner, his flight engineer, - Sgt Ellis V. Cope, the navigator - Sgt Victor A. Hamon, the bomb aimer - Sgt Charles H. Brummitt, the wireless operator - Sgt Harold J. Endley, the mid-upper gunner, and Sgt Brian Quinn, the tail gunner.
All rest in the Gosselies communal cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-te-maurage
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5502
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2020 14:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Mar-2025 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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