ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184386
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:05 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4854 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Champs Sainte-Barbe, municipality of Brimont, Marne, Grand Est -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Hit by light Flak unit 2./leichte Flak-Abteilung 773 (v) at a height of 50 metres.
The entire crew is buried at Brimont Cemetery, France.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: GT-?
Takeoff time: 21:26
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Harald Roy Andersen DFC RAFVR 143758 (NCO:918871 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Patrick Langston Brougham-Faddy RAF 577758 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Kenneth Winchcombe Bordycott DFC DFM RAF 139927 (NCO:755783 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 March, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Bernard Hamilton Gooding RAFVR 1331855 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Frederick Smith DFM RAFVR 138424 (NCO:946196 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 February, 1943) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Thomas Stephens RAFVR 1585561 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Oldfield Woolnough RAF 519840 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.luftwaffe.no/Table2.htm
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=69
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2016 14:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Apr-2018 11:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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