ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236194
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5537 |
| MSN: | OF-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off the Antwerpsesteenweg, Malle, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:10 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Kurt Loos of the 1./NJG 1 based at Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
All seven rest in the Westmalle churchyard:
F/O Gilbert C. Hooey DFC (pilot, 32 years old), Sgt Victor Butler (flight engineer, 24 y.), F/Sgt Leonard Grundy (observer), F/Sgt Arthur H. Withers (observer, 23 y.), Sgt Percy V. Parry (air gunner), Sgt Ronald C. Martin (air gunner) and P/O Edward J. Smitherman (air gunner, 22 y.).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-te-westmalle
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5537
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 1942 | L7570 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 0 | Freiston Beach, 4 miles E of Boston, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 17 December 1942 | ED333 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Noordoostpolder, 4 km E of Urk, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | ED928 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | Kapelstraat / Goedestraat, Utrecht | |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | JB361 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Zillhausen, Balingen, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 08:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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