ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209018
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Saturday 10 April 1943 |
Time: | 00:14 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED566 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 40 km W of Alkmaar, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: WS-J
Takeoff time: 20:46
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Arthur Roy Hobbs RAFVR 1383998 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Richard Henry Thomas RAF 647506 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Sidney John Argent RAFVR 1293850 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Arthur Robert Hollinshead Thompson RAFVR 1495077 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer Class II William John Reid RCAF R/92794 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Dennis Norman Bysouth RAFVR 1385599 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Harold Logan Huether RCAF R/131974 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 February, 1943) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/27318-ED5661943-04-10.html Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Apr-2018 12:31 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
03-Nov-2018 19:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
12-Jan-2019 10:07 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
23-Jun-2022 01:54 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
09-Apr-2024 07:04 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation