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| Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:04 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5659 |
| MSN: | OL-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vardingholt, Rhede, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 23:28 hrs) |
| Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Claimed by Fw Richard Philipp 9./NJG1 - 2km South of Vardingholt near Bocholt (4C) at 01:04. Aircraft crashed at Vardingholt.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Laurence Rowe RAFVR 61306 (NCO:986738 : Commission Gazetted Friday 21 March, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Eric Arthur Lascelles Hardman RAFVR 108016 (NCO:1381484 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 November, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Stanley Howard Wise RAFVR 921145 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Bryan Geoffrey Galloway-Wilson RAFVR 121922 (NCO:988361 : Commission Gazetted Monday 02 February, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Cyril George Sherratt RAFVR 751629 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Harry Kennedy Ford RCAF R/58540 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Charles O'Neill RAF 613758 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5659
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2017 15:51 | w.bleumink | Added |
| 13-Jan-2018 16:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2018 16:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Jan-2018 19:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-May-2019 14:44 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2020 19:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 05-May-2024 14:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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