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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | 23:02 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED809 |
| MSN: | CF-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near 'Varenna' estate, Apeldoorn, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Amsberg of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:22
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Rob McSorley RCAF J/21393 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Brien Liell Gooding RAFVR 1851689 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer George Francis Rowland Green RAFVR 132744 (NCO:1318943 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 March, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Donald Lynch RCAF J/22422 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Eric Lewis Foulkes RAFVR 1034817 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Nelson Bolt RAFVR 1836087 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Peter Reginald Paice RAFVR 152004 (NCO:1332722 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943) [Killed]
F/O Lynch lies at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.797934 / 5.930606)
Sgt Bolt is remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
The other five casualties lie at the Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.177699 / 5.932700)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3118&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Nov-2018 08:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Nov-2018 08:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 17-Jul-2025 07:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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