ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52635
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| Date: | Thursday 6 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:26 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5761 |
| MSN: | EM-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the church at Megen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster B.Mk.1 R5761 "EM-T" of 207 Sqn., RAF. Airborne 22:58 on 5 Aug 1942 from Bottesford to bomb a target in Essen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Loos & Unteroffizier Gumm of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
All seven rest in the Uden War Cemetery:
Pilot / F/Lt. G.A. Ings 61471 RAF / grave 4 H 4
Second Pilot / Sgt. R. Bell Berry 1076769 RAF / grave 4 H 3
Observer / W/O. W.J.A. Shapter R/78148 RCAF / grave 4 H 7
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. J. Culley 1186097 RAF / grave 4 H 8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/Sgt. G.C. Everitt MM 751919 RAF / grave 4 H 5
Air Gunner / Sgt. D.R. Manser 1271941 RAF / grave 4 H 6
Air Gunner / Sgt. J.W.E. Holland 528167 RAF / grave 4 B 1
The body of Sgt Holland was recovered from the River Maas 12 Aug 1942 and he is buried with the rest of the crew in Uden War Cemetery. Sgt Everitt's Military Medal was awarded by the Polish authorities. Seven of this crew survived a ditching in the North Sea on 21 June 1942 in Lancaster R5860
Sources:
1. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1759
2. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/war_memorials.htm
3. http://www.bbm.org.uk/Everitt.htm
4. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/Man-Lanc%20serials%20page2.htm
5. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
6. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1942 | R5867 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Anrath, Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | W4892 | 207 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Daimler-Benz factory at Genshagen, Ludwigsfelde, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | PB428 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bratoft, near Skegness, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 22 February 1945 | PB814 | 207 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2014 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2014 18:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 09:53 | Cliford | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2017 21:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-May-2020 20:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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