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| Date: | Monday 4 December 1944 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA170 |
| MSN: | LS-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mildenhall |
Takeoff at 11:52 hrs for a bombing operation to Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Crash landed near Den Bosch in Allied territory.
Crew
Pilot: 148524 Fg Off Robert Victor Ostler
Flight Engineer: 611443 Sgt J W O’Keefe
Navigator: 154637 Fg Off A J McCulloch
Bomb aimer: 1321325 Flt Sgt E R Naldrett
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: A/429694 Flt Sgt J H Gibson RAAF
Mid Upper Gunner: 1806903 Sgt W J Hands
Rear Gunner: 1150223 Sgt L A Hamilton
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4770&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Aug-2013 15:41 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Nov-2018 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-May-2019 09:18 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2019 17:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 09:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 30-Sep-2024 09:20 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
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