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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:25 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED695 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boschweg, Burgerbrug, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: PO-J
Takeoff time: 23:36
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Reginald Samuel Giddey RAAF Aus/6157 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Samuel Graham Keirs RAAF Aus/9430 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Patrick Read Collins RAF 133467 (NCO:1394200 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 January, 1943) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Valeric Morris RAF 1337961 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Robert John Avann RAF 1335033 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alburn Frederick Birkbeck RCAF R/102142 : Commission Gazetted Friday 22 August, 1941) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Kenneth Robert Langhorne RAFVR 134377 (NCO:1294386 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 February, 1943) [Killed]
The casualties lie at the Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.677925 / 4.710805)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2377&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-May-2018 17:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 19-May-2024 14:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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