Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JA685,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51157
 
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Date:Saturday 4 December 1943
Time:02:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAF
Registration: JA685
MSN: MG-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near the Kikkertsveldweg road, De Krim, Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Major Streib, Oberfeldwebel Bundrock (Bf) & Feldwebel Dietrich (Bs) of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield.

Target: Leipzig, Germany
Takeoff time: 00:14
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. C.H. Phillips 161493 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. B. Cooper 1684594 RAF Survived POW
Navigator Sgt. J.H.F. Cochrane 1586300 RAF Gramsbergen 3 2
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.R.J. Craze 1338507 RAF Survived POW
Wireless op Sgt. G.W. Hewitt 955034 RAF Gramsbergen 3 1
Air gunner Sgt. R.V.D. Smith 1435478 RAF Gramsbergen 3 3
Air gunner Sgt. A.H. Bale 1338274 RAF Gramsbergen 3 4

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T3174

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
01-Dec-2018 07:55 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Dec-2018 20:00 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
02-Dec-2023 15:46 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]

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