Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4269,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51915
 
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Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:02:07
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:61 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4269
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Zuiderzeepark, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Syerston
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by heavy Flak of the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 428 and exploded in mid air.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: QR-
Takeoff time: 00:05
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. P.H. Alderton 1331632 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 10
Flight engineer Sgt. S. Lupton 633691 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 11
Navigator Sgt. R.E. Sloan 1089371 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 10
Bomb aimer F/O. J.V.O. Wood J/22547 RCAF Amsterdam 69 C 10
Wireless op W/O W.J. Reid R/93374 RCAF Amsterdam 69 C 11
Air gunner Sgt. J. Thomas 1386883 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 11
Air gunner Sgt. C.D. Whitehall 1415511 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 10

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2291&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
11-May-2018 17:50 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Nov-2018 08:54 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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