ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231285
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 22:39 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL680 |
| MSN: | A2-H2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wrestedt, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Operation - Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Walter Rohlfing of the 9./NJG 3 (based at Stade airfield), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Victor Hugh Jeffery Vizer RAF 161383 (NCO:1265713 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 December, 1943) [PoW, repatriated]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth Foyle RAFVR 1686490 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Edward Sidney Lowe RAF 652649 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Charles James McLoughlin RAFVR 1399054 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edward James Pitman RAFVR 1313419 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Douglas Barker RAFVR 1624738 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Theodore Gardiner RAFVR 1626043 [Killed]
Pilot officer Victor Vizer, on his fifth operation, was thrown clear through the Perspex canopy and survived though badly injured.
For more info on the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL680
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2019 20:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Mar-2024 15:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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