ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52202
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:25 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4135 |
| MSN: | OF-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maarheeze, SE of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, |
| Dusseldorf |
Hit by Flak. 2 crew members killed, 5 others taken PoW at Stalag Lamsdorf (344).
Takeoff time: 17:20
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Andrew Robinson RAF 1042473 PoW
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Richard Harvey RAF 1150604 PoW
Navigator : Sergeant Charles Pierre de Ferrand Bigg RAF 1319633 PoW
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Albert Eric Croome RAF 1575679 PoW
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Kenneth James West RAF 1379867 PoW
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ralph Muskett RAFVR 1037820 Killed
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert William Rea RCAF R/108696 Killed
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2008&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/robinson-andrew.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R5571 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Henrichenburg, Castrop-Rauxel, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 23 September 1943 | ED868 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Ruchheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | JB238 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 3 | Gellenbeck, Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 25 March 1944 | JB671 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Luyksgestel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Images:
Aircrew Remembered research
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Aug-2016 05:07 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 26-Jan-2018 09:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 14:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Jan-2024 07:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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