ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52031
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| Date: | Friday 9 April 1943 |
| Time: | 22:42 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED554 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kanaaldijk, Jisp, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: EM-Q
Takeoff time: 20:26
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II Harold Arthur Healey RCAF R/96161 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Leslie Whitehouse RAF 636622 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Arthur Rupert Lewis RAFVR 1193204 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Denis Edward Whitaker RAF 570495 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Roy Bishop RAFVR 1312303 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Eric Arthur Dampier RAFVR 1156717 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Cornelius William Kleynhans RAFVR 778837 [Killed]
All lie at the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.346631 / 4.938324)
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2188
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/14612/Memorial-Aircraft-Crashes.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Oct-2014 09:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
| 09-Apr-2018 11:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 08:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2024 07:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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