ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52365
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:44 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5551 |
| MSN: | ZN-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eerbeekseweg, Rozendaal, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Shot down by German Luftwaffe (Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, stationed at Fliegerhorst Twente) upon returning from a bombing mission to Oberhausen, Germany. Also claimed shot down by light Flak of the 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 667.
Takeoff time: 22:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Douglas Stewart Brown RCAF J/17621 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Ewen Cameron McMillan RAFVR 1345984 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Robert Allen Beaton RAF 1385801 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Robert Staples Pegg RCAF R/85414 [PoW]
2nd Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Ernest George Seall RAFVR 131979 [Killed] (NCO:1390354 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 February, 1943)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick James Stoker RAFVR 1209732 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Wilcock RAFVR 985040 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Angus Granger Ballantyne RAF 639777 [Killed]
This aircraft had the "pot belly" for 8,000 lb cookie.
Flown by Guy Gibson to Saarhuis / Saarbrucken, 1/2 Sep 42, his 155th sortie.
Associated Pilot : Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson RAF 39438
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2468&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://home.kpn.nl/witie/15%20Vliegers.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | W4256 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee 2 km east of Hippolytushoef, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Apr-2014 09:54 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2014 21:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2018 18:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2018 18:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 12:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2023 06:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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