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| Date: | Monday 23 August 1943 |
| Time: | 01:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV228 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hei- en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Bock of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Takeoff time: 21:11
Crew:=
Pilot : Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Spencer RAFVR 149541 [Killed] (NCO:1331578 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 September, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Frank Watkins RAFVR 1261508 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Jack Punter RAFVR 1398388 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Sydney Williamson RAF 1456788 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Stanley James Banting RAFVR 1321638 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Einar Johnson RCAF R/178385 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ronald William Horwood RAFVR 1337229 [Killed]
The casualties lie at Hei-En-Boeicop (Heicop) General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 51.947392 / 5.067599)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2841&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Aug-2018 14:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Aug-2023 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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