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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:01 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED970 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 40 km W of Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, UK |
The plane, on a bombing mission to Dortmund, Germany, was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield. Three bodies were washed ashore.
The bodies of the other four deceased crew members were never found.
Call Sign: DX-
Takeoff time: 22:35
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Alan Ramsay Leslie RAFVR 1551139 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harry Kleiner RAFVR 1455874 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Robert Morton RAFVR 129550 (NCO:1293256 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Peter Hemingway RAFVR 1392967 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alexander Keir Henderson RAFVR 1125769 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Walter James Bennett RAFVR 927900 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Peter Daly RAF 551847 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2359&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem18.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Feb-2015 11:07 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2018 16:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 22:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 18-May-2024 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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