ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236257
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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:48 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5502 |
| MSN: | OF-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rue des Vaulx, Maurage, La Louvière, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:02 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Adolf Brandstetter of the 9./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Laon-Athies airfield in France.
The victims were the Australian pilot, F/Sgt John H. Dinning RAAF, Sgt William E. Spooner, his flight engineer, - Sgt Ellis V. Cope, the navigator - Sgt Victor A. Hamon, the bomb aimer - Sgt Charles H. Brummitt, the wireless operator - Sgt Harold J. Endley, the mid-upper gunner, and Sgt Brian Quinn, the tail gunner.
All rest in the Gosselies communal cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-te-maurage
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5502
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 August 1943 | ED939 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | between Langwaden, Bensheim and Hähnlein, Alsbach-Hähnlein, Hessen |  |
w/o |
| 21 April 1944 | ND748 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Piscop, Val-d'Oise département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2020 14:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
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