ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236358
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| Date: | Saturday 5 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:14 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5496 |
| MSN: | OF-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | main railway station of Bremen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:05 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen.
The aircraft was hit by the 5./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 222 and the 5./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 611; crashed at the main railway station.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Stanley Cooper RAFVR 655307 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Richard Oxley RAFVR 1127680 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Terence Raymond Whitehead RAFVR 1251376 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant George Henry Peter Dean RAF 551023 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Sidney Martin Girvin RAFVR 1113555 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Forbes Gray RAFVR 1111477 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Brook RAAF Aus/401587 [Killed]
All seven rest in the Becklingen War Cemetery in Niedersachsen.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5496
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | LM323 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Solwaster, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 8 February 1945 | ND961 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 8 | Westerwijk, Son, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2020 07:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Mar-2024 15:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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