ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52406
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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:38 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5697 |
| MSN: | ZN-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oudelandsdijkje 5, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Takeoff at 17:50 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by the 2./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 168 (v) and hit by Luftwaffe Flak of the 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 594 and Marine Flak of the 4./Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 201.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:657590 Sgt George Stewart Anderson - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery 69 D 17
Flight Engineer:611063 Sgt Frederick Newman Skinner - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery 69 D 16
Navigator:R/101865 Flt Sgt John Gardner RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery 69 D 18
Bomb Aimer:1320476 Sgt Frederick Victor Lamb - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery 69 D 20
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/77557 Flt Sgt Raymond Daniel Wiberg RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
69 D 15.
Air Gunner:526911 Sgt Edwin James Duguid Watt - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery 69 D 19
Air Gunner:1002396 Sgt Ronald McLay Paterson - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery 69 D 14
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1958&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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| 2 January 1944 | JB642 | 106 Sqn RAF | 6 | between Scharrel and Otternhagen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2017 17:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 12:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2020 18:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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