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| Date: | Wednesday 20 October 1943 |
| Time: | 22:24 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA907 |
| MSN: | MG-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Oudleusen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Takeoff time: 17:39
Crew:
Pilot F/O. J.W. Leitch DFC 409060 RAAF Dalfsen 6 1 13
Flight engineer Sgt. F.W. Lashford 945729 RAF Survived POW
Observer F/Sgt. C.B. Jolliffe DFM 1320077 RAF Dalfsen 6 1 17
Navigator F/Lt. A.G. MacLeod DFC 81062 RAF Dalfsen 6 1 15
Wireless op Sgt. J. Hardy 1032217 RAF Dalfsen 6 1 17
Air gunner F/Sgt. F.H.P. Simmonds 1378201 RAF Dalfsen 6 1 16
Air gunner F/Sgt. F.E. Noble 1805859 RAF Dalfsen 6 1 14
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2994&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Sep-2013 15:47 | Anon. | Updated [Location, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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