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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:22 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED834 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schelde near Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Bardney |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Hopf of the II./NJG 5 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: WS-Z
Takeoff time: 23:19
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Harold Walter Woodhouse RAFVR 110587 (NCO:1196373 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 December, 1941) [Killed] Vlissingen E 18-19 Washed up near Vlissingen 8 Jun 43
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leslie John Daker RAFVR 1579189 [Killed] Vlissingen E 18-19 Body recovered from sea 11 Jun 43
Navigator : Sergeant James Brownlie Corbett RAFVR 1553400 [Killed] Vlissingen 13 Body recovered from sea
Navigator : Sergeant Harold John Warren RAFVR 1388638 [Killed] Vlissingen E 17 Body recovered from sea
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Smith RAFVR 1034418 [Killed] Vlissingen 14 Body recovered from sea
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Albert Glyn Coffin RAFVR 1578186 [Killed] Vlissingen E 16 Body recovered from sea
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edgar Leslie Matthews RAFVR 1457373 [Killed] Vlissingen E 15 Body recovered from sea
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2371&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/ED8341943-05-26.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Oct-2014 10:37 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2018 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 19-May-2024 08:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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