Date:	Wednesday 26 May 1943
Time:	02:08
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:	207 Sqn RAF
Registration:	W5001
MSN:	EM-J
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Dorpsstraat, Nijmegen, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Langar UK
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Two crew members ejected safely and were taken prisoner, the others perished in the crash.

Call Sign: EM-J
Takeoff time: 22:50

Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Thomas Alfred Boyd Parselle CB CBE RAF 26242 : Commission Gazetted Saturday 25 July, 1931) [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer William Cassin Reynolds RCAF J/20351 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Peter Falkingham RAF 570198 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer George Edward Hopson RAFVR 138816 (NCO:655131 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 February, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Robertson Edwin Henry Hood-Morris RAF 1337519 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Arthur James Cook RAFVR 1257739 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alfred William White RAFVR 1333972 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Frederick Hayllar RAFVR 1332269 [Killed]

The casualties lie at the Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.663822 / 5.612422)

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2375&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.noviomagus.nl/Gastredactie/Kuiken/Kuiken.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
207 Sqn wartime records from The National Archives UK
Archives Canada
F/O Reynold's personnel file from Ancestry.ca
RCAF losses 1943
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=reynolds&qand=20351&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5001&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
28-Jun-2014 11:55	gerard57	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
24-May-2018 19:09	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Nov-2018 09:15	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ]
19-May-2024 14:12	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
10-Jun-2025 10:41	tachel	Updated [Cn, Source, ]