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| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:29 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5675 |
| MSN: | OF-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Middenweg road, Avenhorn, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire at 23:32 local on June 28 1942. Target: Bremen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Kurt Holler of the Stab III./NJG 4, who was on detachment with the II./NJG 2 based at Leeuwarden; crashed 02:29 between two farm houses near Avenhorn (Noord-Holland), 14 km east of Alkmaar.
Three of the crew were KIA, the other four were taken POW:
Pilot:80090 Fg Off Arthur William Friend - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 18 (NCO:778428 Commission Gazetted : Friday 04 July, 1941)
Flight Engineer:547291 Sgt Eric Ellison Hayward PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). PoW Number 24982
Navigator:R/774439 Flt Sgt Harry Shrybman RCAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24987
Bomb Aimer:987141 Sgt Samuel John Allen PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24984
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:987185 Sgt Norman Nicoll PoW PoW Number 24983
Air Gunner:C/15021 Plt Off James Chapman Weir RCAF - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row C Grave 20.
Air Gunner:610731 Sgt Frederick Edward MacKenzie - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 19.
Sources:
1. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1653
2. http://www.conscript-heroes.com/escapelines/LIB-3333-1201-1400.htm
3. http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/R56751942-06-28.html
4. http://www.cwgc casualty details
5. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
6. Google Maps
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2014 18:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2014 18:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2014 18:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2015 09:47 | Charlie Harper | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2016 13:46 | JINX | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2016 07:57 | Kraus | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jun-2017 10:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Oct-2017 13:37 | w.bleumink | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2018 18:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Nov-2018 22:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-May-2020 08:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2020 08:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2023 13:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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