ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208408
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4931 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NW of Rerik, W of Rostock, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Schoenert of the Stab II/NJG 5, flying Do 217J C9+CC from Parchim airfield. This is the first time Schräge Musik was used in combat. All Lancaster crew members became POW.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: EM-U
Takeoff time: 21:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Denys Oliver Street RAFVR 123026 (NCO:1315703 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 June, 1942) [PoW, died later]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Cyril Dudley RAF 988436 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Bramwell Allenby Rawlinson RAF 985099 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Gerald Valentine Eld RAF 1270446 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Leslie Blake RAF 1379814 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Bernard Howard Nutt RAF 1578131 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Ernest Taylor RCAF R/986389 [PoW]
F/O Street was the son of Sir Arthur William Street GCB KBE CIE CMG MC JP (1892 - 1951) and was murdered by the Gestapo after the Great Escape after last being seen alive on April 6th 1944. Now buried Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, the only victim whose ashes are not at Poznan.
There is a memorial window to F/L Street in St Peter and Paul church at Wem, Shropshire.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/20448-W49311943-03-30.html
http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/lancasters/207lancs_losses.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 11:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Mar-2018 11:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Jul-2022 05:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Mar-2024 19:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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