ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238128
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| Date: | Thursday 1 October 1942 |
| Time: | 21:19 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4187 |
| MSN: | KM-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Skallingen, Blåvand, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:00 hrs local time for an operation to Wismar in Germany.
Outbound W4187 was coned by a 150 cm searchlight from 4./Batt.M.Flak.A.204 when approaching Skallingen. When trying to escape the light it hit the ground and exploded at 21:19 hours approx. two kilometres north of the searchlight position.
The crew of seven died and were laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery, Esbjerg on 7/10-1942.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer James Douglas Vernon Stewart Stephens DFC DFM RAF 103510 [Killed] (NCO:742771 Commission Gazetted : Friday 12 September, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Norman Edwin Dowden RAFVR 963176 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Paul Hereford RAFVR 1162357 [Killed]
Observer : Flying Officer John Edmond Tate RAF 46344 [Killed] (NCO:550497 Commission Gazetted : Friday 12 September, 1941)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Gerard Nugent RCAF R/64912 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Robert Emslie Wallace Williamson RAFVR 989011 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Herbert Reginald Rowe RAFVR 1176862 [Killed]
They were placed in six graves and only after the war identified as being a crew of seven.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194264.shtml
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4187
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 September 1942 | W4169 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | Nijbroekerweg road, Emst, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 3 September 1943 | W4961 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Velber, Seelze, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | LL938 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 4 | Oberembt, Elsdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | PB266 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 3 | Wangen, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2020 08:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Oct-2023 06:39 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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