ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52352
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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | W4332 |
| MSN: | AR-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterschelde, NW of Wissenkerke, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Gerhard Raht of the 4./NJG 3 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:59
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. F.G. Phillips 412338 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 193
Flight engineer Sgt. J.H. Emmett 1259229 RAF Runnymede Memorial 148
Navigator P/O. E.F. Davey 127314 RAF Runnymede Memorial 124
Bomb aimer Sgt. G.D. Prince 1217983 RAF Bergen op Zoom 4 C 5 Washed up near "De Verklikker" at Schouwen 11-8-43
Wo ag Sgt. J.W. Ousley 1358312 RAF Bergen op Zoom 14 C 8 Washed up near Haamstede 25-6-43
Air gunner Sgt. F. Smith 1454835 RAF Vlissingen F 22 Washed up near Vrouwenpolder 11-7-43
Air gunner F/Sgt. L.T. Little 420762 RAAF Belgium 9 5 23 Oostende
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2479&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1944 | JB702 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Ranies, Schönebeck, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1944 | PB176 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | English Channel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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