ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52053
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:54 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED694 |
| MSN: | WS-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lactariaweg road, Stevensbeek, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the 6./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CP from St Trond airfield, Belgium.
Target: Essen
Takeoff time: 19:57
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Hallewell Swire RAFVR 144641 (NCO:1436415 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 June, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Gerwyn Howell Evans RAFVR 1317037 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Roy Reginald Feeley RAFVR 1162929 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Robert Gilbert RAFVR 1047153 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Eric William Cook RAFVR 906747 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Douglas Francis RAFVR 1269942 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Walter Watts RAFVR 1011474 [Killed]
All lie at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 51.455234 / 5.482214)
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2171
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 January 1943 | W4159 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hackfort west of Vorden, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 4 May 1944 | LL787 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Normée, Fère-Champenoise, Marne département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Aug-2017 14:59 | w.bleumink | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 15:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 15:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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