Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4191,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52401
 
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Date:Tuesday 22 December 1942
Time:00:02
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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