ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49718
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 November 1944 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB303 |
| MSN: | ZN-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kijkuitseweg road, Lepelstraat, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Metheringham, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster PB303: Took off at 14:05 hrs for a bombing operation against Homberg in Germany;
Failed to return. All seven crew members rest in the Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery:
Crew:
F/O (J/28570) George Jeffrey Symes (pilot) RCAF killed.
Sgt (900315) Alfred Harris (Flt Eng) RAFVR killed.
F/Sgt (1580230) Cyril Ernest Bayliss (nav.) RAFVR killed.
F/O (153826) John Arthur Smith (A/Bomb) RAFVR killed.
F/O (160761) Leslie W Perry (WOp/AG) RAFVR killed.
Sgt (1814423) John Anthony Crisp (AG) RAFVR killed.
F/Sgt (R/251484) Clifford Eugene Leroy Cook (AG) RCAF killed.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4607&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http.members.home.nl/lancaster.pb303 (in Dutch)
www.bomber-command.info/bgpb303.htm
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/acjxq_qjzxf_pij_vxbqj/index.php?limit=250
CWGC
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1942 | R5748 | 106 Sqn RAF | 4 | 'Swartfean' at Opeinde, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 9 July 1943 | ED720 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | field between Caudry and Béthencourt, département du Nord |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Oct-2012 09:10 | Ben Goossens | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 26-Aug-2013 12:51 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2016 10:47 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 01-Dec-2016 16:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2019 16:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 03-Sep-2021 14:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-May-2023 10:59 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
| 17-Sep-2023 15:04 | Anon. | Updated [[[Narrative]]] |
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