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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM693 |
| MSN: | KO-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Strijensas (Stroopepolder), Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Witchford, UK |
Moesdijk Flak positions in support of Operation Market Garden.
Took off from RAF Witchford at 21:28
Mid air collision with 90 Squadron Lancaster I LM169 WP-R2.
Crashed in Strijensepolder at Strijen.
Crew:-
Pilot: J/25920 Fg Off Peter William Bickford RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 5.
Flight Engineer: 189628 Sgt Peter Lawrence Dooley - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 8 (NCO:1892548 Commission Gazetted : Friday 28 April, 1944)
Navigator: J/28771 Fg Off Arnold Ney Johnston RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 6.
Bomb Aimer: J/25351 Fg Off Wilfred George Scanlan RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 7.
Wireless Operator: 1622660 Flt Sgt Uriah Bernard Butters - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 4.
Mid Upper Gunner: J/90321 Plt Off Douglas Dawson RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 2.
Rear Gunner: J/90719 Plt Off Donald George Flood RCAF - Strijen Protestant Cemetery Grave 3.
Strijen Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands (51.745631 / 4.549038)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4027&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 05:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2021 18:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Aug-2023 15:59 | Anon. | Updated |
| 13-Sep-2024 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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