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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 05:08 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA921 |
| MSN: | GT-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zuid Ervenweg, Eemnes, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Took off at 00:23 hrs from RAF Warboys in Cambridgeshire to attack the city of Leipzig, together with 822 other aircraft (561 Lancasters, 255 Halifaxes. 7 Mosquitoes).
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Crew:
Pilot W/O. R. Stanners 1554370 RAF Amersfoort cemetery; grave 13 9 176
Flight Engineer Sgt. R. Prankett 1131229 RAF Amersfoort cemetery; grave 13 9 178
Navigator Sgt. E. Hopcraft 1577726 RAF Amersfoort cemetery; grave 13 9 176
Bomb Aimer F/O. E.J.C. Kryskow J/22366 RCAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. H.W. Hughes 1066930 RAF Runnymede Memorial; panel 231
Air Gunner P/O. T.J. Brewer J/93177 RCAF / Amersfoort cemetery; grave 13 9 177
Air Gunner Sgt. A.C.G. Merces 1602737 RAF / Amersfoort cemetery; grave 13 9 178
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3429&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/stanners-ramsey.html
Images:
Own research
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jun-2015 08:11 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 24-Dec-2019 20:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2019 20:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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