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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:07 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED569 |
| MSN: | EM-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoornseweg, Wognum, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Husemann of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield and crashed 03:07 near Wognum, 3 miles north-north-west of Hoorn.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:10
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Philip Campion Digby Russell RCAF J/12826 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Victor Henry John Watkins RAF 536785 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Francis Edwin Fielding RAFVR 132145 (NCO:1338200 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 December, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Arthur William Richardson RAFVR 1315873 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Denis Scragg RAFVR 1081067 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Walter Rufus Cook RAFVR 1174531 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Thomas Lloyd RAFVR 1586374 [Killed]
All seven casualties lie at the Wognum Protestant Churchyard, Netherlands (52.685511 / 5.019232)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2624&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Verliesregister 1943, p. 73.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Oct-2014 15:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Nov-2018 20:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Nov-2018 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jun-2025 06:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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