ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52541
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| Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:26 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4169 |
| MSN: | KM-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nijbroekerweg road, Emst, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster B.Mk.1 "KM-S" of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn., RAF. When lost this aircraft had a total of 19 hours on the airframe. Airborne from Waddington 23 September 1942 at 23:20. Target: Bremen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield; crashed at 03:26 on the 14 September 1942 at Emst (Gelderland), 12 km N of Apeldoorn. Six of the seven crew were KIA, one bailed out, survived injured to be captured and taken POW:
Pilot F/O. C.T. Holland 80116 RAF / Epe cemetery; grave 2 10 622
Flight Engineer Sgt. A.L. Goodyer 777815 RAF / prisoner of war
Observer Sgt. R.E. Williams 778447 RAF / Epe cemetery; grave 2 10 623
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. D.N. Huntley DFM 777675 RAF / Epe cemetery; grave 2 10 620
Air Gunner Sgt. P.C. Murphy 641455 RAF / Epe cemetery; grave 2 10 624
Air Gunner F/Sgt. G.L. Fiddler R/83103 RCAF / Epe cemetery; grave 2 10 621
Air Gunner F/O. C.H. Lovegrove 109919 RAF / Epe cemetery; grave 2 10 619
Sgt A.L.Goodyer was interned in Camps 8B/344, as PoW No.27015. Those killed are buried in Epe General Cemetery. Notification of Sgt Huntley's Award was Gazetted 28 Apr 1942. Sgt Murphy was a Canadian serving in the Royal Air Force.
Sources:
1. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1835
2. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/Shepherdswell.html
3. http://www.teunispats.net/t1835.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9640-F-S-George-Leyton-Fiddler-RCAF
5. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/44%20squadron.htm
6. http://www.destentor.nl/regio/epe/vliegtuig-was-één-grote-vuurbal-1.3216566
7. http://www.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/verliesregister/zoek-t-nummer.php?SGLO=T1835
8. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
9. Google Maps
10. https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/83596/Monument-Lancaster-W4169.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 1942 | W4187 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Skallingen, Blåvand, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 3 September 1943 | W4961 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Velber, Seelze, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | LL938 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 4 | Oberembt, Elsdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | PB266 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 3 | Wangen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 18:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2014 18:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 06:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-May-2020 14:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2022 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 13-Sep-2022 18:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Category] |
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