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| Date: | Friday 3 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:41 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | EE132 |
| MSN: | AR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Benedeneind, near Benschop, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
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=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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