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Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
Time: | 00:02 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED614 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Vester Vedsted, Syddanmark -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans Baer of the 4./NJG 3, flying Do 217 N-1 D5+KM from Westerland airfield, Germany.
Target: Stettin
Call Sign: PM-G
Takeoff time: 21:41
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George May Pettigrew RAFVR 145158 (NCO:972811 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Cooper RAF 542661 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Walter Dennis Ramsay RAFVR 1238287 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Archibald Ian Mackay RAFVR 1559316 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph Cramer RAAF Aus/405676 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flying Officer Arthur Daley DFM RAF 47871 (NCO:551341 : Commission Gazetted Saturday 10 January, 1942) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Raymond George Elkins RAFVR 976368 [Killed]
All are burried at the Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430024.shtml Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Apr-2018 07:44 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
16-Oct-2018 19:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
31-Mar-2024 08:13 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
20-Apr-2024 06:52 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |