ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236189
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:46 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5610 |
| MSN: | OL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Morkhoven, Herentals, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:51 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Walter Barte of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Four graves of the Pathfinder-Lancaster crew can be found in the cemetery of Morkhoven: F/Lt Robert M. Buchan, a 22 year old observer who, just like his pilot, already wore the DFC ribbon, the 20-year old flight engineer Sgt Peter Squires and the two air gunners, Sgt Edward Norman and Sgt Harold D. Quintrell (20 yrs).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-bij-morkhoven
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/matheson-oliver-rayner.html
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| 10 May 1944 | ND494 | 83 Sqn RAF | 3 | Bailleul-la-Vallée, Eure département |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 07:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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