ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50133
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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM169 |
| MSN: | WP-R2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Strijense Polder, Strijen, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tuddenham, UK |
Takeoff at 21:14 hrs for a bombing operation against Moerdijk in Noord-Brabant, in support of operation Market Garden.
The aircraft suffered a mid-air collision with Lancaster LM693 and crashed. All seven crew members are buried at Dordrecht:
Pilot / F/O. P.W. Tooley 152479 RAF
Flight Engineer / Sgt. R. Whittington 1851166 RAF
Navigator / F/O. H. Johnson 146308 RAF
Bomb Aimer / F/O. J.E. Brown 153303 RAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/O. D.S. Thomas 169609 RAF
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. E.J. Smalldon 1607395 RAF
Rear Gunner / Sgt. L.M. Gill 1681271 RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4026&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 06:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Mar-2021 18:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2021 18:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
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