Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I R5680,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52384
 
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Date:Wednesday 13 January 1943
Time:19:44 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:106 Sqn RAF
Registration: R5680
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Hoog Soeren - Assel; Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Syerston
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Major Streib & Unteroffizier Fischer of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 'G9+BB' from Venlo airfield. The Lancaster crashed into a moor in between Hoog Soeren and Assel.

Target: Essen
Call Sign: ZN-T
Takeoff time: 17:08
Crew:-Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Everard Frank Gray Healey DFC DFM RAF 116140 [Killed] (NCO:912389 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 April, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alexander Dunbar RAFVR 1002583 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Ray Pennington DFC RAFVR 118726 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 June, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer David Macleod Crozier DFM RCAF J/16383 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Michael Hope Lumley RAFVR 128373 [Killed] (NCO:912743 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 September, 1942)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Caspar Harold Jurgensen RAFVR 1476365 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frank John Edwards RAFVR 1331491 [Killed]

Sources:

SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1981
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
12-Jan-2018 07:48 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Feb-2018 19:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location]
25-Aug-2018 06:13 TigerTimon Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Oct-2018 12:55 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Sep-2021 15:39 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
13-Jan-2024 07:25 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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