ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52401
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Date: | Tuesday 22 December 1942 |
Time: | 00:02 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4191 |
MSN: | EM-Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Veenendaalsestraatweg road, Elst, Utrecht -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Langar |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Target: München, Germany
Takeoff time: 17:32
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 1./NJG 1 based at Venlo airfield, flying a Bf 110 F-4.
All seven rest in the Amersfoort cemetery:
Pilot / Sgt. J.R. Walker 1119267 RAF
Second Pilot / F/O. D.R. Bannerman NZ414380 RNZAF / 467 Sqd flying with 207 Sqd
Navigator / Sgt. H. Bate 1195168 RAF
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. P.C. Hind 657626 RAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. G.J. Bentley 1020750 RAF
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. C.A. Davey 1585901 RAF
Rear Gunner / Sgt. G.J. Dean 1318175 RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1964&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/135909/Monument-Lancaster-W4191-EM-Q.htm Google Maps
ORB 207 Squadron RAF for takeoff time
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
10 September 1942 |
R5628 |
207 Sqn RAF |
7 |
North Sea some 10 kilometres southwest of Thyborøn, Midtjylland |
|
w/o |
13 July 1943 |
ED412 |
207 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Le Bouveret, Near Sion |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Dec-2017 11:46 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Feb-2018 16:27 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
01-Nov-2018 09:00 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
12-Nov-2020 19:38 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
12-Nov-2020 19:39 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Source] |
17-Jun-2022 09:15 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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