ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212558
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:04 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED699 |
| MSN: | WS-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gellep-Stratum, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Hit by heavy Flak units.
Takeoff time: 23:17
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kenneth Denness RAFVR 147533 [Killed] (NCO:1318456 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 August, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Cyril Hunt RAFVR 911975 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Albert George Bryan RAFVR 1389594 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Ronald Walter Winfield RAFVR 132698 [Killed] (NCO:1320814 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 February, 1943)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Frederick Sidney Day RAFVR 1330448 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Frederick Kilsby RAFVR 1270585 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Eric William Geraghty RAFVR 1256384 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED699
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1943 | JA852 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gerolsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 20 February 1944 | W5010 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2018 12:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2023 13:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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