Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ND416, Thursday 6 January 1944
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Date:Thursday 6 January 1944
Time:04:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:576 Sqn RAF
Registration: ND416
MSN: UL-G2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Koblentz, Pommern -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:Stettin
Narrative:
Operation - Stettin (Szczecin)

The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wendelin Breukel of the 5./NJG 2 (based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Romer Henningham RAAF Aus/413194 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Stanley Baker RAFVR 1397018 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Arthur Sydney Davis RAFVR 1388248 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Frederick Fisher Barton RAFVR 1385704 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick John Wright RAFVR 1339143 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Leslie Colbourne RAFVR 956180 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Edward Kennison RAF 523674 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND416
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Nov-2019 19:35 TigerTimon Added
04-Jul-2022 21:09 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
30-Jan-2024 07:56 Rob Davis Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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