ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194574
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 04:23 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED800 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bois de Rosette, Yves-Gomezée, Walcourt, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
After returning from a bombing raid on Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic, the plane was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Florennes airfield.
Call Sign: VN-O
Takeoff time: 21:42
Crew:
John Duncan, John Bates, David Smellie, Herbert Barnes, Cyril Payne, Albert Berry and James Speirs
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-ed800-bij-yves-gomez%C3%A9e
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/25838-ED8001943-04-17.html
http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/39363238
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2017 17:37 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Apr-2018 09:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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