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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 05:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND505 |
| MSN: | OL-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kats, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Took off from RAF Wyton at 2358.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Oloff of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EK from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
All are buried in Vlissingen Northern Cemetery.
Crew
Plt Off V A R Langford (KIA)
Sgt E W Curzon (KIA)
Flt Sgt W D Lindley-Lloyd (KIA)
Fg Off R P D Perkins (KIA)
Sgt W S Crockford (KIA)
Sgt T J G Davies (KIA)
Flt Sgt W R Sutton RAAF (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3427&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World 1944 Page 86.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail-du.php%3Fwtv_id%3D368&prev=search
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2016 18:34 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 24-Dec-2019 20:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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