ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244447
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:52 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4130 |
| MSN: | DX-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 50 km W of Leiden, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:06 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Wilhelm Beier, Unteroffizier Kleinenbrands & Unteroffizier Riemer of the 10./NJG 1, who had taken off from Gilze-Rijen at 21:00 hrs in Junkers Ju 88 C-6 R4+DX.
All seven are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4130
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 1942 | W4165 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | Spieka Neufeld, Wurster Nordseeküste, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1942 | W4360 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert, Walloon Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | W4234 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | Kakebeke, Lierde, East Flanders | |
w/o |
| 17 April 1945 | PD347 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF East Kirkby, near Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2020 17:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2020 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 18-Jun-2022 03:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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