ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51576
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 00:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA855 |
| MSN: | PM-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Cleefswit' estate, Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Five crew members died in the crash, three became POW.
The deceased are Sgt James Henry Thornton (21), Sgt Kenneth Charles Tate (26), navigator P/O John Albert Basil Cooper (21), Sgt George Harry Newbolt (21) and F/Sgt Kenneth Archer (23).
Newbolt is buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The other four crew members are buried in Woensel, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 21:57
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2706&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.heerlijckvrij.nl/heerlijckhistorisch/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-elsendorp-1940-1945/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1943 | W4340 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 40 km N of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
mis |
| 15 February 1944 | ND363 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee off Oosterend, Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 22 March 1944 | ND329 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | Frankfurt-Rödelheim, Hessen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2016 14:23 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 10:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2019 13:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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