ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213593
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Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
Time: | 01:15 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED878 |
MSN: | PM-V |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Wattenmeer 15 km northwest of Sankt Peter-Ording, Schleswig-Holstein -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Gotthard Sachsenberg of the 5./NJG 3, probably flying a Do 217N from Schleswig airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:04
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED878
Pilot W/O Felix F. O`Hanlon, missing in action.
Navigator Sgt George I. Baily, missing in action.
Air bomber Sgt Robert L. Perry, missing in action.
Air Gnr. Sgt James C. Hamilton, missing in action.
Charles F. Kilner, missing in action.
Flt. Engr. Sgt Thomas E. Witts, [killed] burried at Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany.
Air Gnr. Sgt Alfred G. Broadmore, [killed] burried at Kirkeby cemetery, Denmark.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED878 https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/112988 http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430122.shtml
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
17 December 1942 |
W4786 |
103 Sqn RAF |
7 |
farm of Hans Møller in Gejlbjerg, Agerskov, Syddanmark |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jul-2018 19:46 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
16-Oct-2018 19:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
22-Apr-2024 06:28 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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