Incident Westland Lysander L4814,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 131521
 
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Date:Thursday 16 May 1940
Time:06:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic LYSA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Lysander
Owner/operator:4 Sqn RAF
Registration: L4814
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Leuven, Flemish Brabant -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Monchy-Lagache
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation: Observation
P/O Langley - unhurt
LAC James H. Gillham unhurt
Forced-landed badly damaged by Bf 110's during observation sortie near Louvain (Leuven).
Claimed by Fw. Karl-Heinz Bothfeld: 1 1./JG 27
Aircraft a write-off. LAC Gillham was killed on 21/05/1940.

Sources:

http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/4_squadron.html
Tony Wood Claimlist

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jun-2011 11:58 ThW Added
18-Jun-2011 11:59 ThW Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2011 02:27 ThW Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
19-Jun-2013 10:25 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
30-Sep-2015 05:43 sandman56 Updated [Narrative]
26-Jun-2022 05:40 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
07-Nov-2022 08:27 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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