Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED734,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51583
 
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Date:Monday 26 July 1943
Time:01:42
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:156 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED734
MSN: GT-H
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near hamlet Kantje, southwest of Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Warboys
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.

Takeoff time: 22:41
Crew:
Pilot F/O. J.M. Hudson 128045 RAF Eindhoven EE 89
Flight engineer Sgt. J. Burroughs 1047345 RAF Eindhoven EE 86-88
Navigator Sgt. A.J. Ede 1334389 RAF Eindhoven EE 85
Bomb aimer P/O. K. Weaver 129150 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. H. Lewis 1080678 RAF Eindhoven EE 86-88
Air gunner Sgt. E.E.A. Ambridge 646000 RAF Eindhoven EE 90
Air gunner Sgt. W.E. Wakeman 1295216 RAF Eindhoven EE 86-88

Sources:

https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2707&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 April 1944 JB307 156 Sqn RAF 7 Laveibosstraat road, Achtmaal, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
24-Jul-2018 13:09 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Nov-2018 10:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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