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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4129 |
| MSN: | EM-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 21:07 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Germany.
The aircraft crashed into the North Sea. Possibly, it was damaged on return by night fighter pilot Stabsfeldwebel Gerhard Herzog of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands - (claim) 'Lancaster' SW Roermond at 01:10 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Thomas Deathers Brown RAFVR 113391 (NCO:1379691 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 January, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Douglas Hugh Boswell RAF 650382 [PoW]
Sergeant Eric William John Chaldecott RAFVR 908544 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Roger Albert Clement RCAF R/91302 [Killed]
Flying Officer G D Hughes RCAF J/8805 [PoW]
Sergeant Hugh Cowan Taylor RAFVR 1386118 [Killed]
Four of the crew are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4129
http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/war_memorials.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1942 | R5633 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Drais, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 8 December 1942 | R5570 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Piazza d'Armi at Turin |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 14:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Jun-2024 18:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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