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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NN723 |
| MSN: | PG-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Strubby |
| Gravenhorst |
Took off from RAF Strubby at 16:31.
Crashed into North Sea 1 km n of Flakposition Vlieland-West.
The body of Sgt Hogg was washed ashore on Ameland on 29 August 1949
He was buried on 8 September 1949
Crew
Pilot: 188178 Flt Sgt John Layard Butler Webster - Runnymede Memorial Panel 213.
Flight Engineer: 1862111 Sgt Basil Hubert Brodie - Runnymede Memorial Panel 225.
Navigator: 1582271 Sgt James Arthur Harrison - Runnymede Memorial Panel 218.
Bomb Aimer: 1575470 Flt Sgt Clifford Keith Morton - Runnymede Memorial Panel 220.
Wireless Operator: 1784070 Sgt Leslie Kennedy - Runnymede Memorial Panel 232.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1893452 Sgt Edward Stanley Bicknell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 225.
Rear Gunner: 2211120 Sgt Robert John Hogg - Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery Plot D Row 14 Grave 9.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4647
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jan-2010 02:28 | Ldugarde | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Sep-2021 07:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jul-2022 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Source, ] |
| 05-Jul-2022 18:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Country, ] |
| 02-Sep-2024 13:05 | Anon. | Updated [Country, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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