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| Date: | Thursday 16 November 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NF979 |
| MSN: | EM-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schenkelstraße, Düren, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Spilsby |
| Spilsby |
Takeoff at 12:54 hrs for an operation to Düren.
The entire crew perished and is buried at the Venray War Cemetery (Limburg, the Netherlands):
Pilot F/O. J.G. Anderson 421344 RNzAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Flight Engineer Sgt. P.C. Russell 842512 RauxAF / grave 5 C 5-8 / R. Aux Air Force
Navigator F/Sgt. S. Eccleston 1684843 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Bomb Aimer F/O. J.N. Clark 415076 RNzAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. T.L. Wright 1678692 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Air Gunner Sgt. J.D. Rushworth 1399814 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Air Gunner Sgt. J.G. McIlveney 1821827 RAF / grave 5 C 5-8
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4671&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2009 21:22 | larry617 | Updated |
| 07-Jan-2009 21:24 | harro | Updated |
| 19-Oct-2019 10:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Oct-2019 10:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
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