ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52574
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| Date: | Saturday 5 September 1942 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5755 |
| MSN: | EM-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer E of Medemblik, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster R5755 "EM-N" of 207 Sqn, RAF. Airborne 00:30 on 5 Sep 1942 from Bottesford.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield.
Two crew members are still missing in action:
Pilot / F/O. R.G. Rowlands 407728 RAAF / Scharl (Warns, Friesland) cemetery; grave 26
Flight Engineer / Sgt. G. Fleck 532066 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 83
Navigator / P/O. A.B. Hastings 120038 RAF / Lemmer (Friesland) cemetery; grave C 9 247
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. F.J.C. Barnes 655006 RAF / Bergen cemetery; grave 1 A 8
Wireless Operator / Sgt. J.C. Luton 403411 RAAF / Stavoren (Friesland) cemetery; grave K 31
Air Gunner / Sgt. C.V. Pattison 778001 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Air Gunner / Sgt. J.W. Atkinson 1105186 RAF / Bergen cemetery; grave 1 A 7
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/rowlands-richard.html
3. http://www.cookstownwardead.co.uk/persondepth.asp?cas_id=453
4. http://www.teunispats.net/t1806.htm
5. http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=1728
6. http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem23.htm
7. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1806&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1942 | R5632 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 30 km west of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 17 August 1942 | R5509 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Blåvandshuk Fyr, Blåvand, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 15 August 1944 | LM263 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Deelen Airfield, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 15 August 1944 | LM263 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | 3km south-west of Deelen Airfield | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 02:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 09:58 | Cliford | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2017 14:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-May-2020 07:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 23:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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