ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232066
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| Date: | Thursday 2 March 1944 |
| Time: | 03:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND446 |
| MSN: | GT-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hausen im Killertal, Burladingen, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 23:57 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz Reschke of the Stab I./NJG 6, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+KB from Mainz-Finthen airfield in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Robert Minton Baker RAAF Aus/413939 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Donald Edward Barton RAFVR 1814488 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Phillip George Gotto RAAF Aus/410655 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Francis George Gains RAFVR 138128 (NCO:1391548 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 April, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William James Hill RAFVR 1084513 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Kenyon RAF 642691 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ronald Rhoades Kelley RAAF Aus/426613 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND446
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2020 21:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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