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| Date: | Sunday 17 January 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5575 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee probably off Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Hit by possibly two night fighters:
Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs of the 11./NJG 1
or Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 12./NJG 1,
both flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: OF-L
Takeoff time: 17:03
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Geoffrey Harold Rowson RAFVR 1237461 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 163
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Peter Lane RAF 575359 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 156
Navigator : Sergeant John Edgar West RAFVR 1254233 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 169
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Bell RAFVR 1097964 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 142
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Charles Brittain RAFVR 1020217 [Killed] Ulrum 19 Found at Reitdiep near Zoutkamp at 9 Apr 43
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Arthur Axup RAFVR 1620118 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 141
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Henry Craig Beebe RCAF R/96932 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 181
Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1992&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
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 |
| 17-Jan-2018 15:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2018 06:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2018 06:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 04-Sep-2025 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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