ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50682
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| Date: | Saturday 28 October 1944 |
| Time: | 10:02 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HK602 |
| MSN: | WP-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde estuary, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tuddenham, Suffolk, England |
| Vlissingen (takeoff at 08:18) |
Target: Vlissingen - Ramrod - bomber raid escorted by fighters aimed at destruction of a specific target in daylight.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Robert Josephus Constable Higgins RAFVR 150335 [Killed] (NCO:1800097 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 June, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Alexander Robertson Walker RAFVR 1825419 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Lawrence Gordon Calman RNZAF NZ/422364 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Francis Frederick Austerberry RAAF Aus/415958 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Bernard Coward RAFVR 1622516 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald George Headland RAFVR 1819907 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alfred William Denby RAFVR 958053 [Killed]
They are all missing in action, except for bomb aimer F/Sgt. F.F. Austerberry, who rests at Bergen op Zoom cemetery in Noord-Brabant; grave 13 A 4.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4581&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Mar-2010 10:37 | cooke34 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2019 08:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2023 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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