ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52032
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| Date: | Friday 9 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED502 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noord-Linschoterzandweg, Snelrewaard, 15 km west of Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Exact location: between the addresses Noord-Linschoterzandweg 61 and 62.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: WS-V
Takeoff time: 20:48
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Arthur Miles White RNZAF NZ/402918 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Norman Percy Tutt RAF 812184 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Hector Robertson RAFVR 116210 (NCO:1062274 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Graham John Gibbings RAFVR 80374 (NCO:777858 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 September, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Arthur Barker RAFVR 1377348 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Roy Jakeway RAFVR 1320164 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Newton Bird RAFVR 80369 (NCO:778955 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 August, 1942) [Killed]
All lie at the Oudewater Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.020669 / 4.876528)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2184&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.ad.nl/woerden/engels-vliegtuig-vandaag-75-jaar-geleden-neergehaald-in-oudewater~ab8b05a9/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Apr-2018 12:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2018 16:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 09-Apr-2024 07:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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