ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48994
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 March 1945 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB667 |
| MSN: | MG-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nieuwdorp, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Oakington |
Takeoff at 10:31 hrs for an operation against marshalling yards at Recklinghausen in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Homeward-bound and over Burgh-Haamstede, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed near Nieuwdorp. The seven crew members did not survive and rest at Bergen op Zoom cemetery in Noord-Brabant:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Lindsay Page Bacon RAAF Aus/62186 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harry McClements RAFVR 1592648 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Richard Roy Evans RAFVR 1652888 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer George Henry Huttlestone RAFVR 154615 (NCO:1324939 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 March, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Philip Athol Tennant RNZAF NZ/425771 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Alex Cornwall RAFVR 2210978 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Edward Taylor RAFVR 1869191 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5407&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/40450/Memorial-Lancaster-MK-III-PB667-MG-Q-Pathfinder.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | ED595 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | 4 km east of Rilland, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 6 September 1944 | PB466 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | the edge of Bansmeer, Emden, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Aug-2013 16:39 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Mar-2020 13:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2023 16:47 | Anon. | Updated [[Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
| 20-Mar-2024 07:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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