ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51674
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:06 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4367 |
| MSN: | ZN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 20 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, UK |
Takeoff at 22:45 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans Leickhardt of the 2./NJG 5 (detached to 11./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden or Bergen airfield.
All seven crew members died in the crash:
Pilot P/O. P.J. Page 143377 RAF Harderwijk 2-16 Recovered from Ijsselmeer 5th Jul 43
Flight engineer Sgt. E.E. Tyler 576427 RAF Harderwijk 2-7 Recovered from Ijsselmeer 3rd Jul 43
Navigator F/Sgt. J. Hancock 1032799 RAF Harderwijk 2-18 Recovered from Ijsselmeer 5th Jul 43
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. J. MacMillan 1366232 RAF Amsterdam 69-B-13 Washed up Schellingwoude 8 Jul 43
Wo ag Sgt. J. Pass DFM 990571 RAF Harderwijk 2-8 Recovered from Ijsselmeer 3rd Jul 43
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.C. Welch 1251211 RAF Runnymede Memorial 139
Air gunner F/Sgt. H.E. Davies 1317697 RAF Runnymede Memorial 136
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=W4367&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/erfgoed/oostelijk-flevoland-2/vliegtuigwrakken-2/lancaster-w4367.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | W4922 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | DV182 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Böchingen, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 2 December 1943 | ED874 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lindenberg, Ahrensfelde, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 19 September 1944 | PB298 | 106 Sqn RAF | near RAF Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 16:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 21:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Dec-2018 19:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2018 19:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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