ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49937
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD318 |
| MSN: | EM-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Hoge Duvel, Uddel, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, UK - takeoff at 19:02 hrs |
Missing on mission to the military airfield of Münster-Handorf, Germany.
The plane was shot down on its return flight to the UK. Responsible were the heavy Flak batteries 3.-8./schwere Flak-Abteilung 273 (o).
The entire crew of 7 perished in the crash.
The deceased are all buried at cemetery “De Heidehof” in Ugchelen (Apeldoorn), the Netherlands:
Crew
Pilot: A/426616 Fg Off Raymond Thomas Kerwin RAAF - Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery Plot 4 Grave 316
Flight Engineer: 1710506 Sgt Frederick Robert William Baker - Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General
Cemetery Plot 4 Grave 315
Navigator: 1803007 Sgt Vernon Albert Hanmer - Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery Plot 4 Collective Grave 310-314
Bomb Aimer: 1612557 Sgt Albert Dennis Ghisletta - Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery Plot 4 Collective Grave 310-314
Wireless Operator: 1590064 Sgt Ronald Newboult - Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery Plot 4 Collective Grave 310-314
Air Gunner: 1750635 Sgt Francis Patrick Boyle - Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery Plot 4 Collective Grave 310-314
Air Gunner: 1602946 Sgt Kenneth William Clarke - Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery Plot 4 Collective Grave 310-314
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4292&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.elspeethistorie.nl/index.php/herdenken-wo2/crash-sites
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 1942 | R5616 | 207 Sqn RAF | 6 | tidal area south of the island of Mandø - Frisian Islands |  |
w/o |
| 26 August 1944 | PD216 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Dornheim, Groß-Gerau, Hessen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Aug-2013 16:50 | JINX | Updated [Date, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2016 17:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Mar-2021 15:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2021 15:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 17-Jan-2022 13:23 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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