ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214807
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA927 |
| MSN: | OL-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Horstfelde, Zossen, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and claimed shot down by two night fighter pilots:
- Oberleutnant Günther Stege of the 8./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from probably Lüneburg airfield.
- Oberleutnant Heinz Rökker of the 1./NJG 2, flying Bf 110 G-4 'R4+CA' from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 20:20
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Alexander Reid RAFVR 144464 [Killed] (NCO:1425594 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 June, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Edwin Best RAFVR 908515 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Andrew James Ewen Brown RAFVR 147318 [Killed] (NCO:1348005 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 August, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer William Wardrop RAFVR 148476 [Killed] (NCO:1237958 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 31 August, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Peter Theobald Beszant RAFVR 156574 [Killed] (NCO:1330566 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 October, 1943)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Sydney Hatton RAFVR 1304766 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Cousins RAFVR 1324365 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA927
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1943 | W4982 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Oberhausen-Osterfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 3 January 1944 | ND330 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Weißenberge, Wahrenholz, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2018 12:45 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-May-2023 17:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
| 18-May-2023 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [[[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]]] |
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