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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:38 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4762 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 6 km NW of Nijkerk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Robert Denzel of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+HZ from Bergen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: VN-
Takeoff time: 23:58
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Francis Hindmarch Huntley DFM RAFVR 143453 (NCO:1369446 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Michael Bates RAF 570468 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Charles William Clarke RAFVR 144446 (NCO:1185390 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 June, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Navigator : Flying Officer Geoffrey Douglas Priestley RAFVR 111118 (NCO:1100083 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 December, 1941) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Edward Hough RAFVR 145180 (NCO:1479274 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 June, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Harold Moseley Ivatt RCAF J/17654 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alan Stott DFM RAFVR 985652 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Charles Greening RAFVR 1317229 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2287&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-May-2018 17:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-May-2024 06:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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