ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49945
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL914 |
| MSN: | WS-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Smeijersdijk road, Zuna, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bardney, UK |
Takeoff at 19:02 hrs for a operation against Münster-Handorf airfield in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Theodor Adamski of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Werl airfield in Germany.
Pilot / P/O. W. Begg 179702 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Flight Engineer / Sgt. E. Haskins 2211443 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Navigator / F/Sgt. H.H.J. Bromley 1601558 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Bomb Aimer / P/O. T.A. Harrington J/90524 RCAF / Wierden cemetery; was identified in '45/'46
Wireless Operator / Sgt. J. Moreton 1684628 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. A.D. Jones 2220848 RAF / Wierden cemetery; was identified in '45/'46
Rear Gunner / Sgt. F. Wilcock 1897947 RAF / Wierden cemetery
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4286&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
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 July 1943 | ED480 | 9 Sqn RAF | East of Cambrai |  |
w/o | |
| 1 January 1945 | PD377 | 9 Sqn RAF | 2 | Vosbergstraat road, Heesch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 06:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Mar-2021 15:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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