ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209659
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED312 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Øresund strait off Klagshamn, southwest of Malmö -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Herbert Koch of the 11./NJG 3, flying Ju 88 C-6 D5+BW from Grove airfield, Denmark. The Lancaster pilot put his aircraft down in the water.
Target: Stettin
Call Sign: OL-F
Takeoff time: 21:23
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer C P McDonald RAF [Interned]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant T J Parrington RAF [Interned]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Victor William Joseph Nunn RAFVR 141403 (NCO:1289452 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 April, 1943) [Interned]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant C M Paley RAF [Interned]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant M A Coles RAF [Interned]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer John Percival Crebbin DFC RAF 48603 (NCO:591327 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 May, 1942) [Interned]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant C J Ford RAF [Interned]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=83
http://www.forcedlandingcollection.se/RAFe/RAF031-ED312.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 08:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2024 15:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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