ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50967
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 22:12 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB535 |
| MSN: | OF-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kanaalweg road, Kolhorn, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 17:15 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from (presumably) Bergen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ernest Sumner Clarke MiD RAFVR 107142 [Killed] (NCO:758141 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 October, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Richard Venville Thomas Bowerman RAFVR 1605444 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Eric James Lovelace Carpenter RAFVR 147119 [Killed] (NCO:1398297 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 September, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Norman Charles Law RAAF Aus/415432 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant George Ridley RAFVR 949503 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Thomas Eric Charles RAAF Aus/412902 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Rodger Peryman Wishart RAAF Aus/400907 [Killed]
The entire crew rest in the Kolhorn cemetery (GPS 52.796056 / 4.890416)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3339&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1943 | EE105 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Shouldham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 16 December 1943 | JA963 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 8 | near the Schiller Park, Schillerstraße, Berlin |  |
w/o |
| 15 February 1944 | ND478 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | Mmeadow 150 metres south of Faaborg hospital, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 12 September 1944 | PB510 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 3 | Hargesheim | |
w/o |
| 22 March 1945 | PB521 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 4 | South of the Elbe at Feldmark Leeswig, Hamburg-Neuenfelde | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jun-2016 21:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Dec-2019 20:27 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Registration, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2019 10:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Dec-2023 13:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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