ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50904
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1944 |
| Time: | 23:33 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 622 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4272 |
| MSN: | GI-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer near Andijk, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 17:40 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
On return, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. T.L. Griffits 413375 RAAF / Andijk cemetery; grave 26 / washed up near Andijk
Second Pilot F/Sgt. H. Morral 1450679 RAF / Andijk cemetery; grave 27 / washed up near Andijk
Flight Engineer Sgt. F.E.W. Chapman 1606661 RAF / Andijk cemetery; grave 28 / washed up near Andijk
Navigator F/O. R.C. Taylor J/21888 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 248
Bomb Aimer Sgt. B.J. Allen 1601202 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 223
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. J.W. Griffiths 1140787 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 230
Air Gunner Sgt. C.A. Brown 1620541 RAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery; grave 12 A 2 / washed up near Onderdijk (Wervershoof) on the 15th of May / initially buried Wervershoof
Air Gunner Sgt. P.W. Wright 1211932 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 241
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3417&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft W1000 - Z9999, published 1998
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 15:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2019 16:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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