ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239059
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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:00 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4768 |
| MSN: | ZN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Krefeld-Bockum; Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 18:50 hrs local time for an operation to Krefeld.
The aircraft was hit by Flak over the target following the bombing run and was abandoned. The five survivors were taken prisoner of war.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ernest Rex Butterworth RAF 46909 [Killed] (NCO:655436 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 December, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred Stanley Hatt RAF 516865 [PoW]
Observer : Flying Officer Charles Jack Osmond RAF 47685 [Killed] (NCO:655254 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 February, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Eric Jonathan "Bob" Marsh RAF 1026697 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Peter John Pitchford RAFVR 1153785 [Fatal Injury]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Hector Jerese Henry RAF 47694 [PoW] (NCO:546150 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 February, 1942)
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Kinnear RAF 1525451 [PoW]
Sergeant Pitchford succumbed to his injuries on the 7th of October.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4768
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1942 | R5683 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Butterwick - Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | R5604 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Widdersdorf/Lövenich at Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | W4109 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Koblenzer Straße, Waldesch, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 16 August 1942 | R5678 | 106 Sqn RAF | 8 | Düsseldorf-Lörick | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1942 | W4179 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Laurensberg, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 19 September 1942 | R5899 | 106 Sqn RAF | 2 | sea off Danzig (Gdańsk) |  |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | R5574 | 106 Sqn RAF | 6 | Beaufort-en-Argonne, Meuse département |  |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | R5914 | 106 Sqn RAF | 3 | Schaapbalie, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 4 September 1943 | ED385 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | woods near Dollbergen, Uetze, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | ED819 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Grünwalder Forst, Bayern | |
w/o |
| 23 September 1943 | DV271 | 106 Sqn RAF | 6 | Grünstadter Berg, Neuleiningen, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2020 07:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-May-2023 13:56 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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