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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:56 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED307 |
| MSN: | KM-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pastoorsmast road, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:27
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Charles Vernon Leslie Hulbert RAFVR 1334066 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Dennis Mansell Lewis RAFVR 1581747 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Joshua Alan Sykes RAF 657255 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Arthur Tooth RAFVR 1438888 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Rees Jones RAFVR 1379595 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Albert Denney RAFVR 756167 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Patrick James Galligan RAAF Aus/425298 [Killed]
All lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2621&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 |
| 15-Nov-2018 20:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Nov-2018 21:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 29-Nov-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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