ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52409
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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED347 |
| MSN: | WS-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Proostensteeg road, Den Hout, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Target: Duisburg
Takeoff time: 18:00
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Erich Richter of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Pilot Sgt. J.W. Tyreman 1316919 RAF (age 26)
Flight engineer Sgt. J. Sykes 1014079 RAF (age 29)
Navigator F/O. J.W. Lynes 118825 RAF (age 28) (NCO:1199513 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 September, 1942)
Bomb Aimer Sgt. H.B. Stokes 1377473 RAF (age 31)
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt. H.G. Ford 1291154 RAF (age 20)
Rear Gunner Sgt. G.C. Wing 1323417 RAF (age 18)
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. J. Hill 1326399 RAF (age 30)
All are buried at Oosterhout Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1956&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' book
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/homepage.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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| 22 September 1943 | R5700 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bad Münder am Deister, Niedersachsen |  |
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| 22 March 1944 | LM422 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Morscheid, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
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| 23 May 1944 | LM519 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gersten, Niedersachsen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Apr-2016 16:19 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2016 07:53 | pietrzak | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2020 19:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2020 19:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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