ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50899
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 05:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS776 |
| MSN: | OW-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km NNE of Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
Took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2354. Shot down by night-fighter, crashing 0545 some 2 km E of Valkenswaard (Noord Brabant), 10 km S of Eindoven where all are buried in Woensel General Cemetery. Fg Off Hancock RCAF was a Bachelor of Commerce graduate from Queen's University, Kingston.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Morris Allan McKenzie RCAF J/86163 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Vernon Gwynne RAFVR 1764165 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Harold Alton Hancock RCAF J/20963 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Foster Richard Alleyn RCAF J/85507 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Paul Conroy Cox RCAF J/11843 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Vernon George Whalen RCAF J/88871 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 January, 1941) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Edward Albert Dowe RCAF J/86196 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3431&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 90.
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem12.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jun-2016 21:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2019 20:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 24-Jun-2022 07:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Mar-2024 15:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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