ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51353
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| Date: | Monday 4 October 1943 |
| Time: | 00:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | JA906 |
| MSN: | PO-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 4 km northwest of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight at low level near Vlissingen, trying to evade crashed into the sea.
Takeoff time: 18:30 / operation - Kassel, Germany
Crew:
Pilot P/O. G.J. Smith 414365 RAAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. A.T.McB. Proudfoot 1551970 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/Sgt. R.E. Dallwitz 409669 RAAF Vlissingen G 9 Washed up Zoutelande 4 Oct 43
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. J.E. Francis 409579 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 192
Wireless op F/Sgt. R.E. Brook 414460 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 192
Air gunner F/Sgt. R.G. Wellington 421483 RAAF Survived POW
Air gunner F/Sgt. S.E. Jackson 416679 RAAF Vlissingen G 28 Washed up near Breskens 8 Nov 43
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2924&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 1944 | LM372 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 8 | Celle, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Oct-2018 09:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2021 19:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2021 19:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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