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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND399 |
| MSN: | AS-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Het Willemsbos woods at Ugchelen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington (takeoff at 22:23 hrs) |
Lancaster Mk III ND399 "AS-R" of 166 Sqn RAF. Target: Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Probably shot down at 01:25 hours on 13 June 1944 by Hptm.Gerhard Friedrich 1./NJG6. Aircraft came down at Ugchelen-Willemsbos, directly West of Apeldoorn town, also Gem. Apeldoorn, Landstreek Veluwe, Province of Gelderland.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Stanley Kirton RAFVR 174112 (NCO:1336325 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 May, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Patrick Coogan RAFVR 1044705 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Jack Lesney Lochhead RNZAF NZ/427215 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Peter Lancelot Andrewes RAFVR 148330 (NCO:1380973 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 September, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alfred John Brazier RAFVR 1234370 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Cecil McClean RAF 653636 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Ivan Spencer RAFVR 1593463 [Killed]
All lie at the Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.177699 / 5.932700)
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
2. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dswallow4/NetherlandCrashes.htm
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 275.
3. Google Maps
4. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3775&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2014 22:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2016 14:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 02-Aug-2020 11:16 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Oct-2020 16:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 27-May-2024 06:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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