ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49187
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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1945 |
| Time: | 00:40 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND961 |
| MSN: | OF-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerwijk, Son, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby |
Collided with another Lancaster (PB181 OL-C 83 Squadron) and crashed. The entire crew of eight perished in the crash.
The plane had started out to attack the Dotrmund-Ems canal near Ladbergen. All were laid to rest in Eindhoven (Woensel General Cemetery, since when Flt Lt Smalley RCAF has been transferred to the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek. Flt Lt Johnson was flying as the visual air bomber.
Crew:-
Pilot : Lieutenant Charles William McGregor SAAF 31794 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Jonathan Shield RAFVR 1777165 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Arthur Joseph Norton RAFVR 154646 (NCO:1800522 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 February, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Lieutenant Robert Cecil Smalley RCAF J/25766 [Killed]
Visual Bomb Aimer : Flight Lieutenant Gerard Stansfield Johnson RAF 50002 (NCO:574489 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 26 January, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Raey Hilton Cheatle RAAF Aus/432755 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Percival George Cannon RAFVR 1801327 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David Strang Lennie RAFVR 1824951 [Killed]
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5213
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=97
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 69.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 September 1942 | R5496 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | main railway station of Bremen. |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | LM323 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Solwaster, Liège |  |
w/o |
Images:
Son, Zandstraat 08-02-1945
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Sep-2015 13:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2015 16:23 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:03 | Faun | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-May-2016 16:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 09-May-2019 15:58 | Louwers | Updated [Time, Location, Photo] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 13:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2022 17:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Category] |
| 07-Feb-2024 07:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2024 08:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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