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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 22:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5497 |
| MSN: | OF-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 5 km west of Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa |
Took off from RAF Woodhall Spa at 17:08 hrs for a bombing operation against Neustadt in Germany.
Homeward-bound, shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs & Feldwebel Erich Weißflog of the 11./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden at 21:15 hrs, in Bf 110 G9+CY - (claim) sea 5 km west of Egmond aan Zee (4344 G, Hering): 1,100m at 22:46.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Edward Bunt RCAF J/16565 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Cecil Morgan RAF 522876 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Stewart Macks RAFVR 1022818 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Robert Stewart Donald RCAF R/77810 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Clifford Alexander Farrimond RAFVR 917131 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John George Liney RAFVR 1310395 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James George Hebdon RAFVR 1377994 [Killed]
All are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1953B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Dec-2017 13:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2019 13:52 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2020 20:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2024 06:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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