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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:26 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE707 |
| MSN: | YH-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | 3 km west of Rilland, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Methwold, Norfolk |
Ventura AE707/N: Took off at 11:27 hrs for Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven NL. 06/12/1942
Shot down by an Fw 190 A-4 of the 6./JG 1, which had taken off from Woensdrecht airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Herbert Thomas Bichard RAF 121083 (NCO:1269422 : Commission Gazetted Friday 10 July, 1942) [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Roy Charles Lamerton RAFVR 1376980 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Derek Ansor Clift RAF 931082 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Adrian Lancelot Saunders RAF 121544 (NCO:1167107 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 October, 1942) [PoW]
Sergeant Lamerton lies at the Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland (51.502028 / 4.332920)
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2. ORB
3. CWGC
4. POW
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2017 11:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2018 15:01 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2020 10:11 | soucek56 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 09-Aug-2024 06:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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