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Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
Time: | 18:02 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JB656 |
MSN: | MG-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Molenweg 24, Oterleek, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 16:17 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Rolland of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Francis William Rush RAAF Aus/30245 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant J S Off RAF [Evaded]
Navigator : Sergeant Kenneth Wightman RAF 642881 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Verdun Scott RAAF Aus/413277 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Henry Bernard Bushell RAFVR 1079812 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Clive Prosdocimi Luther RAAF Aus/424546 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Robert Buntain RAFVR 1822100 [Killed]
The casualties lie at the Oterleek (Stompetoren) Churchyard, Netherlands (52.611166 / 4.819595)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=JB656&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
13-Dec-2018 10:06 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Dec-2018 18:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
13-Jun-2024 08:12 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |