ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236103
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| Date: | Monday 17 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:56 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5616 |
| MSN: | EM-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | tidal area south of the island of Mandø - Frisian Islands -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:00 hrs local time for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation in the southern Baltic.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield in Germany.
Only Flight Engineer Sergeant Jack Read managed to get out of the Lancaster before it crashed, and landed in his parachute in deep water at Sønder Hoved east of Mandø.
He had broken an ankle but managed to get up on dry land and dug into a haystack outside the dike on the south side of the island. By mid morning he was found by local people and placed on a horse drawn cart half filled with hay and brought to the Luftwaffe lookout post on the island.
Sgt. Thomas Douglas, F/O. Wilfred Milton Edmonds, F/Sgt. John Andrew McLean, F/O. Dennis John Quinlan, Sgt. Robert Robson and P/O Anthony Jeaffreson Southwell are all buried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194246.shtml
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5616
Nachtjagd Combat Archive Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939 1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 August 1944 | PD216 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Dornheim, Groß-Gerau, Hessen |  |
w/o |
| 23 September 1944 | PD318 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | De Hoge Duvel, Uddel, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2020 20:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Mar-2024 20:08 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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