ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50968
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 21:49 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA702 |
| MSN: | GT-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | eastern IJsselmeer, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Took off from RAF Warboys at 1708.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Crashed in an area of the IJsselmeer which is now reclaimed land, known as the Noordoostpolder (province of Flevoland) on plot H-46, near the village of Tollebeek. Those who died were buried on 10 February in Stad Vollenhove General Cemetery. Debris from crash site was found during March 1973.
Crew:
Pilot P/O. J.E. Rule 416543 RNzAF / Vollenhove cemetery; grave 3 4 622
Flight Engineer Sgt. E.A. Shorter 1726836 RAF / Vollenhove cemetery; grave 3 4 623
Navigator Sgt. W.W. Cottam 1510799 RAF / evader, prisoner of war, arrested in Antwerpen on the 7th of August
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. K.R. Ball 658450 RAF Vollenhove cemetery; grave 3 4 624
Wireless Operator Sgt. P. Coyne 972772 RAF / evader, prisoner of war, arrested in Antwerpen on the 7th of August
Air Gunner Sgt. J.J. Sloan 1552498 RAF Vollenhove cemetery; grave 3 4 621
Air Gunner Sgt. G.A. Race 998929 RAF Vollenhove cemetery; grave 3 4 620
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3342&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 67.
http://www.teunispats.nl/t3342.htm
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2873-Search-RAF-POW-Cottam-Coyne-30-01-1944
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?--hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.ongeland.nl/crashpalen/Paal%252011%2520kavel%2520%2520N-33%2520NOP%2520HZ.pdf&prev=search
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 March 1944 | ND466 | 156 Sqn RAF | 4 | Eisfeld, Thüringen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jun-2016 21:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2016 21:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Dec-2019 10:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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