ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52394
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| Date: | Sunday 3 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:16 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4840 |
| MSN: | WS-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near steam pumping station Overhagense Weide at Velp, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Uffz. C. Költringer of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twenthe airfield.
Target: Essen
"Wanganui" – target marking by blind-dropped sky markers when ground concealed by cloud
Takeoff time: 17:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Douglas Herbert Scott Lonsdale DFC RAFVR 61283 [Killed] (NCO:1173218 Commission Gazetted : Friday 21 March, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Albert Thomas Riley RAFVR 1253689 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Kenneth Read Smith RCAF J/8603 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant James Ivor Morris RAFVR 1152974 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Robert Richmond Moore RCAF R/87868 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Douglas Smitherman RAFVR 1334611 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Lloyd Dickie RCAF R/97638 [Killed]
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1971
Google Maps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_indicator
ORB 9 Squadron RAF
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 December 1943 | EE188 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Salzbergen, Ems, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ME704 | 9 Sqn RAF | 3 | De Klomp, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2017 10:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Jan-2024 07:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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