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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1944 |
| Time: | 23:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB420 |
| MSN: | DX-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baarlingerpolder, Baarlo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 17:25 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
On return, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from either Leeuwarden or Bergen airfield.
There were no survivors amongst the crew, they all rest at Blokzijl cemetery:
Pilot : Flying Officer Thomas Watt Briggs RAFVR 55018 (NCO:523059 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 April, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Peter James Doye RAFVR 1607202 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Leslie Seton Dewar Swanston RAFVR 1488758 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Arnold Munday RAFVR 1390520 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Harry Lewis RAFVR 1391807 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Mell RAFVR 1594035 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Leslie North RAFVR 1497697 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3414&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Dec-2019 15:40 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 23-Dec-2019 16:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2024 07:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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