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Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | R5662 |
MSN: | QR-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Efferen, Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 21:20 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Hessen.
The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Noel Roy Meyer RNZAF NZ/405303 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Wing Commander George Harcus Sheehan RAFVR 37587 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Benjamin John Davis RAFVR 928365 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Mckay Atkinson RCAF R/66686 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Anthony Frederick Phillip Cursett-Sutherland RAFVR 923436 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John McCleary RAFVR 1126145 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Harold Ekin RAF 627523 [Killed]
All seven rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5662 Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-May-2020 19:37 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
24-Aug-2023 06:56 |
Rob Davis |
Updated |