ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236319
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| Date: | Thursday 3 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4136 |
| MSN: | QR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 23:10 hrs local time for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
The aircraft failed to return. Possibly, it was damaged by night fighter pilot Ofw. Wilhelm Beier of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands - (claim) sea 40 km west of Den Haag (Biber) at 03:08 hrs.
All seven are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Douglas Sinclair Forsyth DFC RAF 39077 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Alec Leonard Foster RAFVR 113415 [Killed] (NCO:1169808 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 January, 1942)
Navigator : Pilot Officer Raymond Charles Taylor RAFVR 116635 [Killed] (NCO:625597 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 April, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Thomas Amwyl Jeffries RAFVR 1109614 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Herbert Orlando Peel RAFVR 116952 [Killed] (NCO:993700 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 March, 1942)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Wright RAFVR 1325527 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Charles Frederick Walter Underwood RAFVR 131880 [Killed] (NCO:746924 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 December, 1942)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4136
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1942 | R5737 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | Vrizy, Ardennes |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | R5759 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sildemow, Papendorf, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
| 10 December 1942 | W4168 | 61 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2020 19:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Sep-2023 06:50 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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