ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50899
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Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
Time: | 05:45 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | DS776 |
MSN: | OW-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 km NNE of Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2354. Shot down by night-fighter, crashing 0545 some 2 km E of Valkenswaard (Noord Brabant), 10 km S of Eindoven where all are buried in Woensel General Cemetery. Fg Off Hancock RCAF was a Bachelor of Commerce graduate from Queen's University, Kingston.
Crew
Flt Sgt M A McKenzie RCAF (KIA)
Sgt J V Gwynne RCAF (KIA)
Fg Off Hancock RCAF (KIA)
WO1 F R Alleyn RCAF (KIA)
Fg Off P C Cox RCAF (KIA)
Sgt V G Whalen RCAF (KIA)
Sgt E A Dowe RCAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3431&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 90.
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem12.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-Jun-2016 21:07 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Oct-2018 12:23 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
24-Dec-2019 20:36 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Location, Source] |
24-Jun-2022 07:04 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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