ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52542
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| Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
| Time: | 02:21 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1654 HCU RAF |
| Registration: | W4108 |
| MSN: | UG-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Buitenweg, Oudehorne, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wigsley, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire |
| Bremen |
On the 14 September 1942, Lancaster B.MK.1 W4108 "UG-B" from 1654 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit) crashed near the Dutch town of Oudehorne. Airborne from RAF Wigsley, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire at 23:30. One of 466 RAF aircraft whose target was Bremen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed on farmland worked by the Kleistra brothers at the Buitenweg road, Oudehorne, 10 km east of Heerenveen.
All seven rest in the Nieuwehorne protestant cemetery:
Pilot: 103940 Plt Off Edwin Frederick Dowdell - Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant Cemetery Row 14 Grave 30.
Flight Engineer: 1105111 Sgt George Alec Walker - Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant Cemetery Row 14 Grave 29.
Navigator: NZ/391872 Plt Off Patrick Aylmer Vivian RNZAF - Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant
Cemetery Row 14 Grave 32.
Bomb Aimer: R/86603 Flt Sgt John Joseph William Adams RCAF - Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant
Cemetery Plot 14 Grave 31.
Wireless Operator: 652245 Flt Sgt Robert Robertson - Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant Cemetery Row 14 Grave 34.
Air Gunner: 651576 Sgt Percy Kenneth Jones - Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant Cemetery Row 14 Grave 28.
Air Gunner: 1338677 Sgt Reginald Laurence Moss - Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant Cemetery Row 14 Grave 33.
In 1992 a monument was erected to commemorate the airmen of Lancaster W4108 on the road at the edge of the field where the aircraft came down.
Sources:
1. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1834
2. http://rnzaf-fryslan.weebly.com/nieuwehorne-memorial.html
3. http://www.teunispats.net/t1834.htm
4. http://www.basher82.nl/Data/nieuwehorne/adams.htm
5. http://www.ww2f.com/topic/53167-notable-and-artistic-monuments-for-raf-crew/
6. http://www.frieslandzoalshetwas.nl/?q=1&aflnr=62&artid=24
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
8. Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2014 17:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2015 17:45 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 13-Sep-2017 06:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2019 14:17 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2020 13:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 03:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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