ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209495
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 04:06 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR663 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eppe-Sauvage, Nord, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Florennes airfield, Belgium.
Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: DY-T
Takeoff time: 20:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Wallace Ivor Lashbrook DFC AFC DFM RAF 45895 (NCO:563198 : Commission Gazetted Friday 18 April, 1941) [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Douglas Charles Knight RAF 51677 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Kenneth James Bolton RAF 45525 (NCO:581081 : Commission Gazetted Friday 25 April, 1941) [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Alfred Martin DFC RAF 120240 (NCO:655903 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 June, 1942) [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Robert William Laws RAF 745880 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Lawrence Irving Neill RAF 1055567 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Graham George Williams GM RAFVR 136044 (NCO:949358 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 January, 1943) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3643
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2018 08:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Apr-2018 08:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 17:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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