ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51771
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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:05 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | W4960 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sluipwijk, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Oloff of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: AR-R
Takeoff time: 21:47
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. R.S. Christie 416324 RAAF Jonkerbos 20 J 3
Flight engineer Sgt. R.S. Kerwin 777739 RAF Jonkerbos 20 J 5
Navigator F/Sgt. J. Heath 408309 RAAF Jonkerbos 20 J 2
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. J.H. Horwood 414352 RAAF Jonkerbos 20 J 6
Wireless op Sgt. R.L. Lewis 1380317 RAF Jonkerbos 20 J 1
Air gunner F/O. B.W. Bennet 420637 RAAF Jonkerbos 20 J 4
Air gunner F/Sgt. P.J. Hogan 413866 RAAF Jonkerbos 20 J 7
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2431&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.w4960.nl/crew.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2016 19:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2018 10:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2022 19:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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