ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236317
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| Date: | Thursday 3 September 1942 |
| Time: | 01:59 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5763 |
| MSN: | EA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Abée castle, Allée du Château de Tinlot, Tinlot, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:14 hrs local time for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ehle & Oberfeldwebel Leidenbach of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
There was no escape for three crew members. The paltry remains of pilot F/Sgt Ronald G. Lewis (21 years old), the Australian Sgt Robert G. Reynolds (26 years old) and the twenty-year-old gunner Sgt William S. Collins were laid to rest in a collective grave. Their graves can be found today in Heverlee.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-bij-villers-lepeuve
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5763
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1942 | R5897 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kalchreuth (Bayern), 8 miles N of Nürnberg |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 29 August 1942 | L7567 | 49 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Maasbracht, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2020 18:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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