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| Date: | Friday 24 July 1942 |
| Time: | 03:10 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5632 |
| MSN: | EM-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km west of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Takeoff at 00:48 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) North Sea 30km west of Scheveningen.
Six of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot: Aus/402504 Flt Sgt W G Hawes RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 111
Flight Engineer:NZ/404366 Sgt P J Hooper RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 117
Observer:1183538 Sgt Harold Frank Clarke - Runnymede Memorial Panel 80
Bomb Aimer:R/75117 Flt Sgt Timothy Clayton Blair RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row D. Joint grave 15.
Wireless Operator:1208967 Sgt Eric Cartwright - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
Air Gunner:R/65313 Flt Sgt John Charles Chiasson RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 103
Air Gunner:1307055 Sgt William Robert Smith - Runnymede Memorial Panel 94
Sources:
1. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1706
2. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
3. http://www.twgpp.org/downloads/news/TWGPP_Newsletter_Autumn_2013.pdf
4. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/lancasters/207lancs_losses.htm
5. http://www.leamingtonobserver.co.uk/2012/09/01/memorial-Leamington%27s-fallen-Royal-Air-Force-soldiers-5727.html
6. https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GRid=12726202
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
8. CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2014 17:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2015 09:39 | Chieftain | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2015 09:52 | Cliford | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Nov-2016 21:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 17:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Feb-2018 20:20 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Feb-2018 20:39 | Red Dragon | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 07-May-2020 19:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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