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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | 22:15 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 190 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK195 |
| MSN: | L9-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer near Venhuizen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Dunmow, Essex |
Took off at 20:23 hrs for an SD / SOE operation to 'Dudley 3'.
The aircraft flew too low and hit the IJsselmeer dike. All six crew members died in the crash:
F/O Hodgson, W/O King, Sgt Nevard, F/O Rustenstrom & F/O Towns are buried in Enkhuizen General Cemetery. They had been recovered from the IJsselmeer during November 1944.
F/O Evans was found during excavation of the crash site in 1946. He is buried at Bovenkarspel General Cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4652&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Sep-2020 06:25 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Dec-2020 21:19 | Rata | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 04-Sep-2021 07:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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