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| Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:40 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4120 |
| MSN: | EM-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hoef aan de Pan, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Macke of the 9./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217 from Juvincourt airfield, France.
Takeoff time: 23:37
Target: Mönchengladbach
Crew:
Pilot P/O. J. Hickling 155795 RAF Eindhoven EE 112
Flight engineer Sgt. E.A.R. Preston 1263575 RAF Eindhoven EE 96
Navigator Sgt. M. Atkinson 1500580 RAF Eindhoven EE 95
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.K. Scott R/121944 RCAF Survived POW
Wireless op Sgt. T. Barnett 1575833 RAF Eindhoven EE 110
Air gunner Sgt. H.A. Queen R/98092 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 15 F 10 Initially buried Woensel
Air gunner Sgt. T.G. Moore 1811627 RAF Eindhoven EE 97
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2856&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Aug-2018 13:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-Nov-2018 08:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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