ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229766
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Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
Time: | 01:19 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JB676 |
MSN: | MG-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Reichenbach, Lahr/Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Oakington (takeoff at 22:26 hrs) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hauptmann Wallner of II./NJG 6, flying one of the Ju 88 Luftbeobachter (air observation aircraft) was responsible for the demise of this Friedrichshafen raider.
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander William Guy Lockhart DSO DFC & bar RAF 112728 (NCO:748117 : Commission Gazetted Friday 06 February, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Elliot Johnson RAFVR 1591067 [Killed]
Navigator : Squadron Leader John Lionel Martin DFC and Bar RAFVR 106968 (NCO:903334 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 October, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Lieutenant Leslie Dennis Goldingay DFC RAFVR 130244 (NCO:968161 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer William Walter Bigoray DFM RCAF J/89731 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Squadron Leader George Ryle DFC RAFVR 79219 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 June, 1940) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frank Wells Shields RAFVR 1675802 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/william-lockhart-dso-dfc-and-bar.html Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Oct-2019 14:16 |
tachel |
Added |
15-May-2021 19:43 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Apr-2024 06:47 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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