Lancaster ED447 Mk.I/III - Bombing - 1943-01-31 to 1943-01-31
Squadron: 101 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-01-31
Completion Date: 1943-01-31
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor
Take Off Time: 00:20:00
Squadron Code: SR-Q
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Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Aalsmeerderweg Rijk, Noord-Holland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: 8/M Flak Abt 808 at 02:09 AM and then shot down by II Zug 2/Res Flak Abt 242 and 5/Res Flak Abt 242
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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101 Squadron RAF (Mens agitat molem) RAF Holme-on-spalding Moor. Lancaster Mk I aircraft ED 447 SR-Q was shot down by marine flak units on an operation to Hamburg Germany. First hit by 8/M Flak Abt 808 unit near Ijmuiden at 02:09 AM and then shot down by II Zug 2/Res Flak Abt 242 and 5/Res Flak Abt 242 units. The Lancaster crashed at Aalsmeerderweg Rijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands at 02:17 AM with the loss of the entire crew.

Warrant Officer Class 2 Ralph Patrick Campbell (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 Frank James Belanger (RCAF ), Warrant Officer Class 2 Gordon James Hutchinson (RCAF), Sergeant Samuel David Wall (RAFVR), Sergeant John Charles Jacques (RAFVR), Sergeant Wilfred Eric Debeurier (RAFVR) and Sergeant John Leslie Emery Barden (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 1 January - 22 June, page 21

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