ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209385
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| Date: | Friday 16 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:53 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED691 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Épense, 36 km E of Châlons-en-Champagne, Marne 51 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 7./NJG 4, flying Bf 110 F-4 3C+LR from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: VN-K
Takeoff time: 21:31
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Herbert Harry Day RAFVR 124456 (NCO:1336955 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 September, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer D A Footman RAF [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Roy Chandler Salmon RAF 578213 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Henry Edward Holland RAAF Aus/411090 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Geoffrey Arthur Eric Hodgkinson RAF 1243286 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Alexander Rossbotham RAF 1199030 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Merlin Ivor Evans RAF 1334839 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant S R A Symes RAF [PoW, repatriated]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 13:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 04:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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