ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234601
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:10 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL667 |
| MSN: | KO-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Common Farm, Witchford, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:52 hrs for an operation to the railway yard at Rouen in the Seine-Maritime département, France.
On approach to RAF Witchford, the aircraft was shot down by intruder pilot Hauptmann Dietrich Puttfarken of the 5./KG 51, who was flying an Me 410 A-1/U2 from an airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Birnie RAFVR 173326 (NCO:1149223 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 April, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Jack Ferguson RAFVR 1591340 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant David Lloyd Jones RAFVR 975131 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Arnold Lepine Feldman RCAF J/92605 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Kerwin RAFVR 1540856 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William James Macmillan RCAF R/209012 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Edward Bailey RAFVR 1868473 [Killed]
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
2. https://115squadron-raf.be/crews/Lancaster%20Mk%20II%20-%20LL667%20-%20KO-R.html
3. Google Maps
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 June 1943 | DS668 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | Ingrandes, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2020 19:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Apr-2024 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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