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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:42 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED734 |
| MSN: | GT-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near the hamlet Kantje, southwest of Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:41
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Melvill Hudson RAFVR 128045 (NCO:1178856 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 September, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Jeffrey Burroughs RAFVR 1047345 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Albert James Ede RAFVR 1334389 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Kenneth Weaver RAFVR 129150 (NCO:1392892 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 December, 1942) [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harry Lewis RAFVR 1080678 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Edward Wakeman RAFVR 1295216 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Edward Alexander Ambridge RAFVR 646000 [Killed]
The six casualties lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214)
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2707&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 |
| 24-Jul-2018 13:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 03-Dec-2024 13:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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