ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52418
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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:22 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED355 |
| MSN: | KM-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waterloo at Ypecolsga, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Operation - Nienburg, Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden at 19:45 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+AF; crashed onto a road between Waterloo & Harich (Friesland). The remains of the bomber were found in 1951 during road construction.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Glen Dening RAAF Aus/405576 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Arthur Callan RAF 567483 [Killed]
Observer : Flying Officer Maurice Alfred Nias RAFVR 120242 (NCO:655934 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 26 May, 1942) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Gordon Bowden Wilkinson RAFVR 1319418 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Leonard George Powell RAFVR 1359999 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant William McBain James Stark RCAF R/92640 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edward Croal RAAF Aus/411996 [Killed]
All lie at the Jonkerbos cemetery, Gelderland except Sgt Wilkinson and F/Sgt Croal who rest at the Ypecolsga cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1951&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses 1942 William Chorley
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1942 | W4124 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Haltern, Horstmar, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 9 November 1942 | W4180 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Ramelsloh, Seevetal, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jun-2010 00:46 | Snowy | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2010 00:50 | Snowy | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2015 15:25 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2017 11:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2020 19:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2024 17:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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