ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219843
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| Date: | Friday 24 December 1943 |
| Time: | 06:10-06:40 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB594 |
| MSN: | HW-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 50 km W of Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Takeoff at 00:14 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Derek Bellingham Jameson RAFVR 860478 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Walter Phillips RAFVR 1581447 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Francis Martin Connolly RAFVR 133730 (NCO:1389760 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 February, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant James Rundle Jones RCAF R/137406 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 April, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Robert Smith RAFVR 1503916 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Vincent De Paul Brown RAFVR 1588721 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arnold Bradley Burke RAFVR 1331917 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB594
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | ED609 | 100 Sqn RAF | 6 | Vosdeel, Boekel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | EE169 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2018 07:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Dec-2018 09:03 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-May-2024 11:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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