avro lancaster mk iii (nf923)

AVRO LANCASTER MKIII (REGISTRATION: NF923)
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Dortmund-Brackel airfield in Germany.

One crew member did not survive the jump and P/O. Benting died of his injuries some two days later. The pilot died in the aircraft when it crashed near Lochem:

Pilot / F/Lt. G.S. Stout DFC 145510 RAF / Lochem cemetery
Flight Engineer / P/O. A.W. Benting 182038 RAF / Enschede cemetery (Overijssel); died of wounds on the 25th of September
Navigator / F/O. C.E.M. Graham Mid 159937 RAF / Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Bomb Aimer / F/O. W.A. Rupert J/27691 RCAF / evader
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/O. R.J. Allen DFC 52101 RAF / prisoner of war
Mid Upper Gunner / F/Sgt. P.L. Whittaker DFM 1587036 RAF / prisoner of war
Rear Gunner / F/O. R.H. Petch DFC 50189 RAF / evader