Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III EE132,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51414
 
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Date:Friday 3 September 1943
Time:23:41
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: EE132
MSN: AR-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Benedeneind, near Benschop, Utrecht -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Johann Kurz of the 1./NJG 2, flying a Bf 110 or Ju 88 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Takeoff time: 19:40
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. R.B. McPhan 413788 RAAF Amersfoort 13 8 169
Flight engineer Sgt. T.O.S. McCulloch 984102 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 170
Navigator Sgt. M.J.C. Simpson 1601327 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 170
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.A. Spence 421135 RAAF Amersfoort 13 5 70
Wo ag Sgt. R.L. Freeman 1315706 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 170
Air gunner Sgt. A.A. Stobart 408934 RAAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. J.B. Hilton 1558783 RAF Survived POW

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2868&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 June 1943 DV160 460 Sqn RAAF 6 near Schellingwoude, Noord-Holland w/o
25 July 1943 W4987 460 Sqn RAAF 7 near Duhnen, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen w/o
30 July 1943 ED535 460 Sqn RAAF 6 Flögelner Holz, northwest of Bad Bederkesa, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Aug-2018 16:41 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Oct-2018 19:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
17-Jun-2022 09:37 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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