ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195438
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
| Time: | 00:53 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED810 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Laar, Ekeren, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by German nightfighter during a bombing raid on Oberhausen, Germany. The night fighter was flown by Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+CH from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands. The entire crew of seven occupants died in the crash.
Albert Victor Crawford (pilot,) Arthur Ernest Davey (navigator,) Joseph Brown McHendry (wireless,) William George Reed (bomb aimer,) Leslie Toal (flight engineer,) Charles Joseph Buckle (mid upper gunner) en Kenneth Ivor Bowerman (rear gunner.)
Call Sign: VN-Z
Details crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED810
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED810
http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-bemanning-van-lancaster-ed810-van-50-sqn
http://www.skymagazine.be/tag/lancaster-ed810/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2017 09:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Jun-2018 09:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2022 09:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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