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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:41 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED497 |
| MSN: | EA-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gemert - Boerdonk NNW of Helmond, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:12
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Charles William Dunnet RAFVR 85661 (NCO:748721 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 October, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Reginald Frank Middlebrook RAFVR 1079596 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Robert Gordon Smith RAFVR 1339131 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Arthur Dutton RAFVR 1239969 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Michael Frederick Haley RAFVR 1313051 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Charles Arthur Edwards RAFVR 138891 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Richard Montacute William Selby-Lowndes RAFVR 1585667 [Killed]
All seven casualties lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2475&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Jun-2025 06:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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