ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52829
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 04-JUN-1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro Lancaster I |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | R5847 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Zwiggelte -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
EM-Y took off at 2337 from RAF Bottesford and was shot down by a night fighter (Maj Gunter Radusch, II./NJG2) and crashed 0114 at Zwiggelte (Drenthe), 14km SSE of Assen, Holland. All are buried in Westerbork General Cemetery.
Pilot - W/O Colin Wathey RAF
2nd Pilot - F/S Laurence John Lea RAFVR
Observer - Sgt Russell Roy Alwyn Jones RNZAF
WOp/AG - F/S Thomas Donald Atkinson RAF
WOp/AG - F/S Grahame Leveson Musitano RAFVR
WOp/AG - Sgt Colin James Murray Hall RAFVR
Rear Gunner - Sgt Stewart Gray Kerr
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jan-2012 05:12 | 82.72.104.200 | Updated [Total occupants, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
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