ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232332
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB361 |
| MSN: | OF-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zillhausen, Balingen, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:20 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Günther Köberich of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 C-6 R4+PP from Quakenbrück airfield in Niedersachsen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant William Alexander Meyer DFC RAFVR 124514 (NCO:1392070 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 July, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Roy Shaw DFM RAFVR 1039039 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Bernard John Starie DFC RAFVR 133485 (NCO:1600708 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 December, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Reginald Charles Pike DFM RAFVR 161470 (NCO:1392643 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 December, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer James Campbell McLeish DFC RAFVR 170615 (NCO:995665 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 February, 1944) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Archibald Macarthur Barrowman DFC RCAF J/85618 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Albert Edward Roberts DFM RAF 634237 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB361
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 1942 | L7570 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 0 | Freiston Beach, 4 miles E of Boston, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 August 1942 | R5537 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | off the Antwerpsesteenweg, Malle, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 17 December 1942 | ED333 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Noordoostpolder, 4 km E of Urk, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | ED928 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | Kapelstraat / Goedestraat, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 17:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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