ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201013
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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1942 |
| Time: | 03:46 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5619 |
| MSN: | OL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
| Duisburg |
Takeoff at 00:32 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rolf Bussmann of the 9./NJG 2, who had taken off from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) North Sea west of Bergen op Zoom at 03:46.
All seven are missing in action:
Pilot:48895 Plt Off Harold Hooper Whitehead - Runnymede Memorial Panel 72
2nd Pilot: Aus/405008 Sgt Ralph Alexander Wilson RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 113
Navigator:J/5686 Fg Off Herbert Boyd Barber RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 99
Wireless Operator:128672 Plt Off Jack William Corfield - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68
Wireless Operator:1100638 Sgt Ernest Arnold Rudge - Runnymede Memorial Panel 92
Air Gunner:910235 Sgt Robert Hugh Brash - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
Air Gunner:1326338 Sgt John McCarten - Runnymede Memorial Panel 88
Sources:
www.aircrewrembered.com
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 December 1942 | W4799 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | between Demen and Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 20 February 1944 | ND448 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Bad Belzig, Brandenburg |  |
w/o |
| 27 August 1944 | PB292 | 83 Sqn RAF | 5 | Høgsholt, Vejle, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2017 18:55 | w.bleumink | Added |
| 20-Feb-2018 22:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 17:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2019 18:32 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2020 16:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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