ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234700
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:03 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HK542 |
| MSN: | KO-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Alken, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:05 hrs for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had left St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF at 00:12 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Peter Anthony Bennett RAFVR 1601570 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Frederick Plummer RAFVR 1606785 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Adolf David Leon Hoffman RAAF Aus/426598 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer James Eugene Zegarchuk RCAF J/89947 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Louis Forth RAFVR 1510806 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William McKelvie RAFVR 1567526 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alan Holt RAFVR 2209128 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/bennett-peter-anthony.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | DS666 | 115 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 11:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Apr-2024 08:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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