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| Date: | Wednesday 9 December 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4764 |
| MSN: | WS-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marolles-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Take off at 17:41 hrs for a bombing operation against Turin in Italy.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab II./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 C-6.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Lawrence Henry Jordan RCAF R/85622 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leslie Frederick Walter Jones RAFVR 934740 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Eric Charles Percy Newton RAFVR 1376133 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Allan William Albert Robinson RAFVR 1333376 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Kevin Fenton Neville RAFVR 798629 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Walter Maurice Rimscha RAFVR 1394994 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Henry John Warburton RAFVR 1215483 [Killed]
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission data listed two navigators but no bomb aimer.
All rest at the Marolles Sur Seine Communal Cemetery, France (48.385473 / 3.042056)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=830
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4764
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2020 18:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Nov-2024 07:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Nov-2024 07:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
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