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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:29 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4311 |
| MSN: | SR-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maas river near Grubbenvorst, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
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: Wuppertal, Germany
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Edward William Lane RAFVR 1390339 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald William Ridgley RAFVR 1320885 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Terence William Connor RAF 658849 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Stanley Frank Barker RAFVR 1338327 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Stanley Ernest Williams RAFVR 1386325 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Norman Fotheringham RAFVR 1560291 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Albert Twohy RAFVR 702593 [Killled]
All lie at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.822371 / 5.830618) except Sergeant Williams who is remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=W4311&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 |
| 06-Dec-2018 08:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2018 16:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 20-Jun-2022 00:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 07-Jun-2024 07:20 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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