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Date: 28-May-2022
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Detail page crash 05-Dec-1944
| CrashID | 541 |
| Date | 05-Dec-1944 |
| Time | Na 13:00 |
| Location | Sas van Gent |
| Airplane | Avro |
| Type / model | Lancaster II |
| Serial number | NG305 |
| Registration number | JE-C |
| Group | RAF Bomber Command |
| Squadron | 195 Sqdn RAF |
| Base | Wratting Common |
| Mission | Hamm (D) |
| Target | Hamm (D) |
| Crew | F/O J. R. Disher Safe F/Sgt J. W. Greeves Safe Sgt C. A. Paske Safe F/Sgt G. A. Calvert Safe Sgt V. Jordan Safe Sgt D. F. Jones WIA/Safe S. B. LeBrun WIA/Safe |
| Cemeteries | NVT |
| Brief description of the crash | Left 0850 Wratting Common. Badly shot up over the target area at 1200 by a Me109G whose fire slightly wounded both Air Gunners, but in turn was claimed destroyed in the exchange of fire. Streaming petrol from damaged fuel tanks, the Lancaster was force- landed in a ploughed field near the Dutch city of Sas van Ghent. |
Extensive description of the crash (.pdf)  |
541-story.pdf  |
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