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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM329 |
| MSN: | WS-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maas river near Oijen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Crash site south bank of Maas, near Oijen.
Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:56
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Evans RAFVR 145515 (NCO:1385497 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Vincent George Louvaine Smith RAFVR 1178195 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Robert Borthwick RAFVR 1437293 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Vincent John Tarr RAFVR 1383325 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Alan Wilson Waite RAFVR 1481843 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Walter James Chapple RAFVR 1257583 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Herbert Ivor Ashdown RAFVR 1316463 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Derek Walter Brough RAFVR 1339242 [Killed]
All lie at the Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.663822 / 5.612422)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2462&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
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 |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2012 11:44 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, ] |
| 13-Jun-2018 18:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jul-2025 06:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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