ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51675
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:31 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4256 |
| MSN: | ZN-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 2 km east of Hippolytushoef, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:00 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. S.G. White 1318824 RAF Hippolytushoef C-12-373
Flight engineer Sgt. E.C. Crook 1447786 RAF Hippolytushoef C-12-370/372
Navigator Sgt. G.W.B. Enright 147316 RAF Hippolytushoef C-12-370/372
Bomb aimer P/O. J.E.D. Craigie J/22535 RCAF Hippolytushoef C-12-369
Wo ag Sgt. J.F. Bates 1294682 RAF Hippolytushoef C-12-368
Air gunner F/Sgt. M.B. Watt 415456 RAAF Hippolytushoef C-12-367
Air gunner Sgt. E.T. Harding 1531330 RAF Hippolytushoef C-12-370/372
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=W4256&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1943 | R5551 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Eerbeekseweg, Rozendaal, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2018 20:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2019 12:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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