ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206753
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:18 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4846 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Coned by searchlights and shot down by Flak and Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, Flak claims all confirmed. Claim location Oblt. Meurer: Wessem, 10 km southwest of Roermond at 5900 meters.
Target: Köln
Call Sign: OL-S
Takeoff time: 19:35
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Samuel Robinson DFM MiD RAF 45617 [Killed] (NCO:565131 Commission Gazetted : Friday 16 May, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Bernard Alfred Hayes RAF 518809 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Derrick Norrington DFM RAF 48516 [Killed] (NCO:580441 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 April, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Mark David Willis Hambrook RCAF R/92131 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer John Harold Henderson RAFVR 143404 [Killed] (NCO:939426 Commission Gazetted : Sunday 03 January, 1943)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Squadron Leader Ernest Robert Simpson DFM RAFVR 106561 [Killed] (NCO:745906 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 February, 1941)
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Wallace Anthony Ringe RAFVR 1283533 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/23970-W48461943-02-27.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4846
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2018 09:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Feb-2018 09:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2018 14:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2018 16:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 28-May-2023 06:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Operator]] |
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