ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52438
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:26 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE707 |
| MSN: | YH-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km west of Rilland, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Methwold, Norfolk |
Ventura AE707/N: Took off at 11:27 hrs for Operation Oyster’, a pin-point daylight raid on the Philips electrical works at Eindhoven NL. 06/12/1942
Shot down by an Fw 190 A-4 of the 6./JG 1, which had taken off from Woensdrecht airfield.
Crew:
P/O.(121.083) Herbert Thomas BICHARD (pilot) RAFVR - POW
Sgt.(1376980) Roy Charles LAMERTON (Nav.) RAFVR - killed
P/O.(121.544) Adrian Lancelot SAUNDERS (WOp/AG) RAFVR - POW
Sgt. (931082) Derek Ansor CLIFT (AG) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.ORB
3.CWGC
4.POW
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2017 11:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2018 15:01 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2020 10:11 | soucek56 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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