ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207968
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Date: | Monday 22 March 1943 |
Time: | 21:58 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED375 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Saint-Nazaire -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by Flak.
Target: Saint-Nazaire
Call Sign: SR-V
Takeoff time: 18:45
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant George Raymond Lewis RAFVR 1230404 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Rishton RAFVR 1066150 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Conroy RAFVR 1078040 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer / Navigator : Flying Officer John Leslie Metcalfe RAFVR 127290 (NCO:1451226 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Henry Sibley RAFVR 1383168 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Richard Jeffery RAFVR 1314398 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Eric Davies RAFVR 1490509 [Killed]
Sources:
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/23330-ED3751943-03-23.html http://www.156squadron.com/101display_missionhdr.asp?MissionId=342 http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED375 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Mar-2018 10:58 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
09-Jun-2018 17:41 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
09-Oct-2018 05:09 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
22-Mar-2024 07:42 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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