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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4943 |
| MSN: | GT-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Karweg road, Otterlo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Takeoff at 23:12 for an operation to Essen, Germany.
Over the Netherlands, en route to the target, the aircraft suffered engine trouble. A while later it was hit by Flak.
In the end, it was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CB from Venlo airfield.
The area where the aircraft crashed is referred to as the 'Otterlosche Buurtbosch'.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant David Lawson Wallace RAAF Aus/415060 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Reginald James Jackson RAF 1172279 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas Hubert Harvey RAF 1391148 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Rowland James Twinn RAF 1386995 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Harrison Gerald Ivor Moore RAF 1213493 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant David Ross RAAF Aus/412844 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Hilton Arthur Lister RNZAF NZ/415538 [Killed]
The three casualties lie at the Ede General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.053803 / 5.670664)
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2392
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.platformmhe.nl/documenten/PlatformMHE_CrashesEde.pdf
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-May-2018 19:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 07-Jan-2019 20:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2023 12:40 | TigerTimon | Updated |
| 20-May-2024 07:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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