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Date: | Thursday 8 February 1945 |
Time: | 00:30 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NN724 |
MSN: | EM-X |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Boschlaan, Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby |
Destination airport: | RAF Spilsby |
Narrative:Took off from RAF Spilsby at 20:58 hrs to attack the Dortmond-Ems Kanal at a point near Ladbergen.
Homeward-bound, intercepted at 00:23 hrs by Hauptmann Gerhard Raht of the Stab I./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 G-6 4R+AB from Twente airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer L J Fowler RAAF [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant E H Copley RAF 1880030 [Evaded]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Stan E Hanson RAF 1582306 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Ronald William Young RAF 55283 (NCO:574897 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 March, 1944) [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer John Gill Eaton RAAF Aus/437260 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant W G Cheesman RAF [Evaded]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Norman S Levick RAF [PoW]
Sources:
SGLO database -
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5214 Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second world war 1945 Page 70
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
The Luftwaffe pilot wrote a book about it: "Sprong in het Duister" ISBN 9062073913
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-May-2016 16:35 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-Oct-2017 14:04 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source] |
01-Nov-2018 08:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
20-Jun-2022 03:51 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
23-Jun-2022 14:54 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category] |
23-Jun-2022 14:55 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
30-Jun-2022 08:55 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
07-Feb-2024 08:06 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |