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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:46 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5610 |
| MSN: | OL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Morkhoven, Herentals, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:51 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Walter Barte of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant O R Matheson DFC RAF 84010 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Peter Squires RAFVR 1096448 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Lieutenant Robert Murray Buchan DFC RAFVR 89769 (NCO:977272 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 February, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant William R Cubberley RAF 624855 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Harold Denzil Quintrell RAF 553387 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Edward Vincent Norman RAFVR 962166 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant John Wilfred Dicker RAAF Aus/402274 [PoW]
Four graves of the Pathfinder-Lancaster crew can be found in the Morkhoven Communal Cemetery, Belgium (51.118148 / 4.817643): F/Lt Robert M. Buchan, a 22 year old observer who, just like his pilot, already wore the DFC ribbon, the 20-year old flight engineer Sgt Peter Squires and the two air gunners, Sgt Edward Norman and Sgt Harold D. Quintrell (20 yrs).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-bij-morkhoven
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/matheson-oliver-rayner.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 07:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Jul-2024 18:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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