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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:05 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | W4960 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sluipwijk, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Oloff of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: AR-R
Takeoff time: 21:47
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Robert Stanley Christie RAAF Aus/416324 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Reginald Sydney Kerwin RAFVR 777739 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Jack Heath RAAF Aus/408309 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Harold Horwood RAAF Aus/414352 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Reginald Lawrence Lewis RAFVR 1380317 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Bruce William Bennett RAAF Aus/420637 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Peter John Hogan RAAF Aus/413866 [Killed]
All lie at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.822371 / 5.830618)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2431&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.w4960.nl/crew.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2016 19:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2018 10:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2022 19:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-May-2024 07:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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