ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51673
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:08 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4827 |
| MSN: | PM-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJweg 1694, Nieuw-Vennep, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:19 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. A.H. Langille J/8221 RCAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. R.L. Hollywood 1383322 RAF Hoofddorp 1-3
Navigator P/O. C.E.L. Grant 138338 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer P/O. C.B. Reynolds 136894 RAF Survived POW
Wireless op P/O. D. Towers 127968 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. G.J. Wallis 1454465 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. J.H. Addison C/16683 RCAF Amsterdam 69-B-19 dow 7th Jul 43
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=W4827&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
William Chorley's Bomber Comammd Losses
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1943 | W4901 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Middegaal, Veghel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jul-2011 12:08 | Snowy | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 10:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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