ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236188
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Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
Time: | 01:39 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4105 |
MSN: | KM-X |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Feluy, Seneffe, Hainaut -
Belgium
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Unteroffizier Kleinert & Unteroffizier Käser of the 5./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
The fallen rest in Gosselies Communal Cemetery: P/O Denis F. Nicholson (pilot) - P/O Leys M. Beamont RCAF (pilot) - P/O Gordon C. McDonald RCAF (observer) - P/O Joseph M. Rickard (observer) - Sgt James V. Holland (wireless operator) - F/S Frank Hagger (air gunner) and F/S Robert G. Page (air gunner).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-bij-feluy http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4105 Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
18 October 1943 |
R5901 |
44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
4 |
Bissendorf, Wedemark, Niedersachsen |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-May-2020 07:11 |
TigerTimon |
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19-May-2020 07:17 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
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