ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210770
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:11 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED543 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kemphausen, Damme, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann E. Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the Stab I./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield.
Target: Plzeň
Call Sign: PO-H
Takeoff time: 21:37
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kevin Eugene Mahoney RAAF Aus/416223 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Bernard George Hickling RAFVR 1185786 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Edwin Francis Hamilton Heard RAFVR 128665 (NCO:1320451 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Maurice Brian Squires RAFVR 1388828 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Glover Berry RAFVR 1368760 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Henry William Cox RAFVR 1586740 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Byron Leo Haley RCAF R/131435 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/mahoney-kevin.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2018 07:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2018 07:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2024 13:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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