ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52405
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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:42 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5762 |
| MSN: | EA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sand dunes south of IJmuiden, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Target: Duisburg
Takeoff time: 18:02
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Marine & Luftwaffe Flak and crashed.
All seven crew are buried at Amsterdam:
Pilot / F/Sgt. E.I. Johnston R/105687 RCAF
Flight Engineer / Sgt. F.W. Morris 561823 RAF
Navigator / Sgt. G.A. Wainwright 1295715 RAF
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. M. MacLellan 1365878 RAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. A. Howison 1061582 RAF
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. S.J. Wick 1338759 RAF
Rear Gunner / Sgt. R.A.F. Bignell 1390750 RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1959&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1943 | ED453 | 49 Sqn RAF | 8 | Klein Reken, Reken, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | JB368 | 49 Sqn RAF | 8 | Berlin-Haselhorst | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | JB701 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Saint-Martin-sur-Oreuse, Thorigny-sur-Oreuse, Yonne département |  |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | PB354 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | wooded area at Hörstel, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Dec-2017 16:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2020 18:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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