Squadron: 460 Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1943-06-13
Completion Date: 1943-06-13
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Bochum Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Binbrook
Take Off Time: 23:10
Squadron Code: UV Q
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Overijssel, Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Ganzendiep river, near Grafhorst, IJsselmuiden
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). While on a mission to Bochum, Germany, Lancaster W 4316 was shot down by a night fighter. RCAF Sgt. J.C. Cornish (air gunner) was taken Prisoner of War. Casualties included RAAF Flt. Sgt's. A. Gordon (air gunner) and D.C.P. Lundie (navigator); RAF Sgt's. R.O. Vaughan (pilot), L.F.C. Day (flight engineer), and D.A. Thomas (wireless operator / air gunner); and RAF Flying Officer C.W.R. Young (bomb aimer).
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). While on a mission to Bochum, Germany, Lancaster W 4316 was shot down by a night fighter. RCAF Sgt. J.C. Cornish (air gunner) was taken Prisoner of War. Casualties included RAAF Flt. Sgt's. A. Gordon (air gunner) and D.C.P. Lundie (navigator); RAF Sgt's. R.O. Vaughan (pilot), L.F.C. Day (flight engineer), and D.A. Thomas (wireless operator / air gunner); and RAF Flying Officer C.W.R. Young (bomb aimer).
