ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52059
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 04:17 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | W4327 |
| MSN: | UV:S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Boerendijk road, Sibculo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:57 LT for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Uffz. Christian Költringer of the 7./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AR (Wnr 4668) from Twenthe airfield. The Messerschmitt also went down in this fight, after being hit by return fire from the rear gunner, Sgt S.G. Webb.
The entire crew perished in the crash and is buried at Hardenberg, the Netherlands:
Pilot F/Lt. K.H. Grenfell 403735 RAAF - grave A 6
Flight engineer Sgt. G.E. Lewis 573570 RAF - grave A 9
Navigator F/O. S.F.S. McCullagh 403754 RAAF - grave A 8
Bomb aimer Sgt. R. Cordingley 1008290 RAF - grave A 7
Wo ag F/Sgt. P.W. Dunn 411010 RAAF - grave A 4
Air gunner Sgt. S.G. Webb 955673 RAF - grave A 5
Air gunner F/Sgt. R.L. Potter 406680 RAAF - grave A 10
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2158
http://www.luchtoorlogboventwente.nl/430330RAF.php
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2016 13:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 29-Mar-2018 07:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2018 07:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-May-2019 18:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:46 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
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