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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 18:47 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4126 |
| MSN: | KM-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Den Hoorn, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK (takeoff at 17:15 hrs) |
| Operation - Nienburg/Weser, Germany |
Hit by Luftwaffe Flak of 4./leiche Flak-Abteilung 764 and Marine Flak of 1./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Dirks Admiraal, 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 De Mok, 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Erfprins, 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808, 9./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Vangdam, Stab Seekommandantur Nord Holland, 4./Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 607 Kijkduin and vessels of the 34. Minensuchflottille, 20. Vorpostenflottille and
Hafenschützflotille. Crashed near De Westen/Den Hoorn on Texel Island.
Pilot / F/O. L.G.L. McNamara 80193 RAF / killed
Flight Engineer / Sgt. G.A. Read 1152087 RAF / prisoner of war
Navigator / F/O. R.N. McCleery J/11118 RCAF / killed
Bomb Aimer / F/O. J.W. Loree J/11109 RCAF / killed
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. K.R. MacLeod 1058806 RAF / killed
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. G. Beckett 622136 RAF / killed
Rear Gunner / Sgt. G.W. Jones 1395418 RAF / killed
The deceased are all buried at Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery.
In addition, Flying Officer McNamara is also remembered on a family grave in Tonbridge Cemetery, Tonbridge, Kent. See source 4 below.
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1952&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. http://aircrewremembered.com/mcnamara-lawrence.html
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Year Part 3 - Theo Boiten
4. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/71084
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Oct-2014 20:02 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Dec-2017 11:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 01-Oct-2019 16:10 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2020 19:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2020 19:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 07:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-May-2024 06:14 | Richard | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2024 14:50 | Richard | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2024 14:50 | Richard | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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