ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200286
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:04 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5659 |
| MSN: | OL-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vardingholt, Rhede, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 23:28 hrs) |
| Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Claimed by Fw Richard Philipp 9./NJG1 - 2km South of Vardingholt near Bocholt (4C) at 01:04. Aircraft crashed at Vardingholt.
Crew
Pilot:61306 Fg Off J L Rowe -Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 21-B-3
Flight Engineer:108016 P/O E A L Hardmann - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 21-A-18
Observer:921145 Sgt S H Wise - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 21-B-4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:121922 Plt Off B G Galloway-Wilson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 21-B-2
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:751629 Sgt C G Sherratt - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 21-B-1
Air Gunner:613758 Sgt C O'Neill - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 21-A-9
Air Gunner:R/58540 F/S H K Ford RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 21-A-17
Sources:
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5659
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2017 15:51 | w.bleumink | Added |
| 13-Jan-2018 16:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2018 16:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Jan-2018 19:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-May-2019 14:44 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2020 19:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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