ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176987
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Date: | Friday 25 September 1942 |
Time: | 02:13 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | R5679 |
MSN: | QR-O |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Grønhøj, Karup, Midtjylland -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Lincolnshire, UK |
Destination airport: | Gardening - Sweetpeas Area |
Narrative:Claim by Lt Karl-Heinz Brandes 7/NJG2 - West of Viborg (9755 D): 1,900m at 02:13.
Crew
Pilot: 656649 Sgt Lewis Wilson Morrison - Frederikhavn Cemetery Allied Plot Grave 31.
Flight Engineer: 570285 Sgt Cedric Nils Coldicott - Frederikhavn Cemetery Allied Plot Grave 28.
Navigator: R/68670 Flt Sgt John Alvin Duffield RCAF - Frederikhavn Cemetery Allied Plot Grave 32.
Bomb Aimer: 1290672 Sgt Alexander McGee Cormack - Frederikhavn Cemetery Allied Plot Grave 30.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1059428 Sgt Edwin Dyson - Frederikhavn Cemetery Allied Plot Grave 33.
Air Gunner: 1317942 Sgt Thomas Ralph Bevan - Frederikhavn Cemetery Allied Plot Grave 27.
Air Gunner: R/92023 Sgt William Young Emerslund RCAF - Frederikhavn Cemetery Allied Plot Grave 29.
Sources:
http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/ Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194261.shtml Google Maps
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jun-2015 11:28 |
gerard57 |
Added |
03-Nov-2018 09:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
19-Aug-2019 16:00 |
Anon. |
Updated [Time, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
15-Jul-2020 20:00 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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