ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49929
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL901 |
| MSN: | WS-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Populierendijk, Holterbroek hamlet, Holten, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bardney, UK |
Takeoff at 19:02 hrs for a bombing operation against Münster-Handorf airfield in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Dortmund-Brackel airfield in Germany.
Pilot / F/Lt. C.B. Scott 176377 RAF / Holten cemetery
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J.E. Simkin 1448546 RAF / Holten cemetery
Navigator / F/Sgt. L.A. Harding 574158 RAF / Holten cemetery
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. L. Langley 1394855 RAF / evader
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. M.E. Hayward 1602875 RAF / Holten cemetery
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. F.A. Saunders 1803522 RAF / Holten cemetery
Rear Gunner / Sgt. L.J. Hambly 3010857 RAF / Holten cemetery
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4332&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 06:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:38 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Mar-2021 17:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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