ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219671
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| Date: | Monday 20 December 1943 |
| Time: | 20:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DS817 |
| MSN: | JI-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Berndroth, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach |
Takeoff at 17:32 for an operation to Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Hit by the night fighter pilots Leutnant Ludwig Wirtz of the Luftbeobachtungsstaffel 3 (flying from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands) and Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield, Belgium).
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Graham John Davis RAF 1553150 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Smethurst RAFVR 1062645 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Eric James Roberts RAFVR 1452782 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Reginald Derek Seddon RAFVR 1445550 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Hugh Morris RAFVR 1334931 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Reginald Bird RAFVR 1407182 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Walter David Barry O'Dea RAAF Aus/418558 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DS817
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1944 | PB178 | 514 Sqn RAF | 5 | Pittsham Farm near Midhurst, Sussex |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 21 July 1944 | HK570 | 514 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Renesse, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2018 12:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Dec-2018 12:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2018 13:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Apr-2024 06:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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