ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51743
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 00:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED599 |
| MSN: | GT- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Klein Amsterdam, Maarn, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:07
Crew:-Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Trevor Winterbon RAAF Aus/413469 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edmond Alexis Duchene RAF 572670 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Eric George Grove RAF 127318 (NCO:1385596) [Killed] (NCO:1385596 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 November, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Wilson Hebenton Gordon RAFVR 971675 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John William Bembridge RAFVR 1332098 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Patrick Smith RAFVR 936175 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Sidney Francis Victo Crawley RAF 542456 [Killed]
Members of the crew are buried at the Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.158212 / 5.369235)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2554&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1943 | ED840 | 156 Sqn RAF | 4 | Acaciaplein, Lier, Antwerp |  |
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| 17 June 1943 | ED863 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Müngersdorf, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 17 June 1943 | EE122 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Braunsrath, Waldfeucht, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 22 June 1943 | ED885 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 40 km W of Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland | |
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| 22 November 1943 | JA694 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Brüsseler Straße, Berlin-Wedding | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jun-2018 20:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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