ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52028
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| Date: | Friday 9 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:23 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5898 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Oss, NE of 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Fritz Kruse of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: KM-G
Takeoff time: 20:34
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Smith RAFVR 144291 (NCO:1223942 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Archibald McNaughton Cowe RAF 1372337 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Hamilton Salt RAFVR 125986 (NCO:1319656 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 September, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Navigator : Sergeant John Thomas Broughton RAF 1217996 [PoW]
Navigator / Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Leslie John Nash RAFVR 1334122 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Walter Wardlaw RCAF R/91481 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Dixon RAFVR 1120687 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Harry Waite RAF 655940 [PoW]
The casualties lie at the Uden War Cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2186&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Apr-2018 11:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Apr-2024 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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