ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51748
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:39 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4377 |
| MSN: | DX-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North of Boxtel (behind 'De Ketting' pub), Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
| Krefeld |
Takeoff at 23:16 for an operation to Krefeld, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. G.G. Kitson 946806 RAF Eindhoven EE 6
Flight engineer Sgt. G. Hull 1541699 RAF Eindhoven EE 1
Navigator Sgt. A.D. Pain 1394734 RAF Eindhoven EE 2
Bomb aimer Sgt. M.H. Burston 1284770 RAF Eindhoven EE 4
Wo ag Sgt. L.J. Ray 1212711 RAF Runnymede Memorial 162
Air gunner Sgt. H. Alexander 1361331 RAF Eindhoven EE 3
Air gunner Sgt. G.A. Robinson 1699156 RAF Eindhoven EE 5
Two firemen killed when a/c exploded
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2502&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1943 | JA910 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | Hogebroeksweg, Raalte, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | NN696 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | LL939 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Beckdorf, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jun-2018 17:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2018 10:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2023 12:39 | 57squadron | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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