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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:06 |
| Type: |  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 |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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