ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212474
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:29 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4982 |
| MSN: | OL-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberhausen-Osterfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Hit by heavy Flak units.
Takeoff time: 23:04
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Maurice Edgar Rust RAFVR 146988 [Killed] (NCO:1335222 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 July, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leslie Ashworth RAF 533104 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant James Munro Hurson RAFVR 1384018 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Sydney Williams RAFVR 1381181 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ernest Charles Stally RAFVR 1383228 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Charles Chapman RAFVR 1395829 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Francis Foden RAFVR 1454500 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4982
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1943 | JA927 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Horstfelde, Zossen, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 3 January 1944 | ND330 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Weißenberge, Wahrenholz, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2018 20:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2023 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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