ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51829
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:08 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5001 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dorpsstraat, Nijmegen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar UK |
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 W/C. T.A.B. Parselle 26242 RAF Survived evader, POW
Co-Pilot F/O. W.C. Reynolds J/20351 RCAF Uden War Cem 5 I 9
Flight engineer Sgt. P. Falkingham 570198 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 11
Navigator P/O. G.E. Hopson 138816 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 10 Date of death not correct
Bomb aimer Sgt. R.E.H. Hood Morris 1337519 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. S.A.J. Cook 1257739 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 12
Air gunner Sgt. W.F. Hayllar 1332269 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 8
Air gunner Sgt. A.W. White 1333972 RAF Uden War Cem 5 I 13
Sources:
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
Revision history:
| 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] |
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