ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51632
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| Date: | Saturday 10 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4763 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Glanestraat, Overdinkel, Losser, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Hit by Flak over Gronau (Germany). Also claimed by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Took off at 22:42 hrs for an operation against Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.O. Ingram 527257 RAF Losser cemetery
Flight engineer Sgt. J.E. Wood 1624227 RAF Survived POW
Navigator Sgt. J.D. Skinner 1433908 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/O. R.E. Ryder 130291 RAF Survived POW
Wireless op Sgt. J.T. Sharp 1036180 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. R.J. Westcott 1318726 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.R. Patching 420709 RAAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2652&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 May 1942 | R5545 | 61 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF North Luffenham |  |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | R5561 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | Niederaußem, Bergheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 4 June 1942 | R5627 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | southern perimeter of Bad Zwischenahn airfield, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1942 | R5517 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | between Freepsum (Krummhörn) and Groß Midlum (Hinte); Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | ED613 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | Karnap, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 30 July 1943 | ED782 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 30 km northeast of Helgoland island | |
w/o |
| 3 August 1943 | JA873 | 61 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Lüneburg, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 16 August 1943 | DV186 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | Le Bosc Robert, La Vespière, Calvados |  |
w/o |
| 18 August 1943 | JA900 | 61 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Greifswald, Pommern | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1943 | ED661 | 61 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Greifswald, Pommern | |
w/o |
| 23 August 1943 | DV228 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Hei- en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jul-2018 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2021 18:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2021 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-May-2021 18:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 20-Jun-2022 21:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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