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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:25 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4334 |
| MSN: | PM-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eilandspolder, Graft, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Target: Duisburg
Takeoff time: 18:13
Outward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Flak of the 1. and 2./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 242 (v).
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II Louis Edmund Moriarty RCAF R/87814 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Eric Airey RAF 634671 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Ronald Owen Eynon RAFVR 655819 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Peter Ernest Poulson RAFVR 1250821 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II James Hawthorne Love RCAF R/95024 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Thomas Bennett RAFVR 1378737 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Ernest Brown RAFVR 1027778 [Killed]
Remains were found during excavation in 1952. All seven crew members rest in the Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery (Noord-Brabant)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1960&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 12-Nov-2020 18:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Apr-2024 17:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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