Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4367, Saturday 26 June 1943
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Date:Saturday 26 June 1943
Time:01:06
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:106 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4367
MSN: ZN-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:IJsselmeer 20 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Syerston, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:45 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans Leickhardt of the 2./NJG 5 (detached to 11./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden or Bergen airfield.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Peter John Page RAFVR 143377 (NCO:1311936 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edward Ernest Tyler RAF 576427 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant James 'Hank' Hancock RAFVR 1032799 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Macmillan RAFVR 1366232 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Pass DFM RAFVR 990571 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Hiram Edwin Davies RAFVR 1317697 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Charles Welch RAFVR 1251211 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=W4367&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/erfgoed/oostelijk-flevoland-2/vliegtuigwrakken-2/lancaster-w4367.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
18-Jul-2017 16:32 gerard57 Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
27-Oct-2018 21:09 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
28-Dec-2018 19:20 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
28-Dec-2018 19:21 TigerTimon Updated [Source, ]
23-Jun-2022 03:47 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
09-Oct-2025 06:38 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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