ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51020
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| Date: | Saturday 22 January 1944 |
| Time: | 01:12 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DS824 |
| MSN: | JI-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | northern IJsselmeer, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridge |
The crew were RAF P/O J K Williams, (Pilot), RAF Sgt JR Keenen, (Flight Engineer), RAF Ft Sgt L N Millis, (Navigator), RAF F/O D F Henshaw, (Bomb Aimer), RAAF Flt Sgt W H Chapman, (Wireless Operator), RAF Sgt A Pratt, (Mid Upper Gunner), RAF Flt Sgt E A Lane, (Rear Gunner). The aircraft, on a bombing mission to Magdeburg, Germany crashed in the IJsselmeer (Zuider Zee) Netherlands, and all lost their lives.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter of the 11./NJG 1 (based at Leeuwarden airfield), flown by either Oberleutnant Martin Drewes or Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3323&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem26.htm
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 50.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jan-2015 11:45 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2016 16:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2019 20:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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